Bud Selig
Bud Selig
Allan Huber "Bud" Seligis an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball. He initially served as the acting commissioner beginning in 1992 before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth30 July 1934
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
The intensity that I feel about this issue is greater today than it has ever been and the time is past due for the Players Association to accept my proposal to eliminate steroids and other performance-enhancing substances from our game.
The intensity has been just remarkable. In the end, the beneficiary of all this will be baseball all over the world. I mean, who knows, long after I'm gone, this event will be big. But more importantly than this event will be big is what it's going to do for baseball, including American baseball.
The issue here was competitive balance, ... I feel this deal clearly deals with that.
I just said I would review all of the information. I was very careful ... to say exactly what I said, and that's exactly what I mean.
I'll say this, it is a fair statement to say the program is working. It's the integrity issue that transcends it. That's why we not only need tougher penalties, but we need to go to independent testing so there's nobody who doesn't understand that we are serious. Same thing with amphetamines.
I'll say this for the groups: They have plans in waiting. It's just a question of who gets the team. They'll react pretty quickly.
I hear that there is about 58 more guys that have tested positive and if that's true, this game is screwed! Congress will have a field day with it.
I poured my heart out in that call.
I'm very troubled by the alleged depth of the relationship between certain players and those involved in the illegal distribution of performance-enhancing substances.
I need to get a new life, because I sat and watched The Weather Channel all day determining about low temperatures, high temperatures, medium temperatures.
I'm happy to say it was just a calm, peaceful day. We really have no surprises.
I'm confident we will rid the game of steroids,
The thing is not what only happens in this country, what happens all over the world.
once and for all deal with the integrity issue. There's no question there was an integrity issue.