Re: Barry Bonds indicted
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Okay: Maybe someone more well-versed in criminal law can weigh in here, but consider this:
1. The real issue here is whether Bonds lied. As I see it, there is no count in the indictment for actually taking steriods or HGH, or any PED.
2. If Bonds pleads "no contest" that has the legal effect of accepting a conviction, but that it cannot be used for a collateral purpose.
3. The only thing baseball would have against Bonds is that he pleaded no contest to perjury, etc. Otherwise, the issue of whether Bonds "cheated" has never been adjudicated in any venue where baseball has jurisdiction to claim Bonds cheated.
4. This means that baseball would have no basis for touching any of Bonds' records because he is, and never will be (at least absent any further proceedings) found a cheater.
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Two points....
1. the CBA covers nolo pleas, thus it would be treated the same as a conviction.
2. MLB doesn't need anything from anybody to mess with records or stats. They are the sole property of MLB and are not covered by the player agreement.
Selig could hit the reset button tomorrow and wipe everything from all time out if he really wanted, and the MLBPA couldn't do anything but bitch.
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