The baseball community is struck with controversy as it decides how to handle Alex Rodriguez lying about his steroid usage.
When A-Rod's PED usage first came to light, Major League Baseball suspended the Yankees third-baseman for 211 games, a suspension which recently ended, reports USA Today. That would allow him to resume playing at least until his contract with the Yankees is up (he still has three years left and $61 million), but new evidence against the baseball player emerged.
The feds made a deal with A-Rod that if he truthfully talks to them about the Biogenesis case anything he revealed couldn't be used against him in his own trial, reports Daily News. The immunity deal is called "queen for a day" and only remains effective if 100 percent of what he says is the truth.
While A-Rod was speaking under the immunity deal he admitted to standing in the way of the MLB investigation of his PED usage by paying off others involved with Biogenesis to not turn him in, reports Daily News.
The feds are allegedly under the impression that A-Rod played a role in the recruitment of the players being questioned in the Biogenesis trial, reports USA Today.
"When a player obstructs justice, that would seem extreme enough. If anybody deserves to feel the blade of baseball's good-of-the-game ethos, Alex Rodriguez does," USA Today sports columnist Mark Whicker writes.
The rules of the MLB aren't the court of law, which makes unlawful behavior by players not necessarily a reason to ban them from the game forever.
