J.C. Romero Suspended For 50 Games
Total Pro Sports - J.C. Romero today was booked for a banned nutritional supplement's and suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball. The 33 year old relief pitcher said he bought the nutritional supplement from a GNC store in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Supposedly the MLB Players Association had told players the supplement that Romero was going to use was acceptable, but now the Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher will receive a suspension and lose approximately $1.25 million.
"I still cannot see where I did something wrong," Romero said. "There is nothing that should take away from the rings of my teammates. I didn't cheat. I tried to follow the rules."
This is not the first time JC Romero has tested positive for a banned substance, in 2006, he tested positive for testosterone. The case was dropped on Nov. 27, 2006.
In Romero's interview he noted that he had the supplements checked by 2 different nutritionists and that they were approved the list on MLB allowed nutritional supplements. Then we ask how can he be suspended?
We think If your buying nutritional supplements from a store like the GNC which is a General Nutrition Center then we don't understand why and how these products can be banned by the MLB. If they are sold to the public in stores in the United States then we find no reason why the MLB can ban these substances.
Nutritional supplements approved and sold by the American Government should also be approved by the MLB. If JC Romero did buy these supplements from the GNC and he has evidence that he did buy them we think he should not be suspended for 50 games.
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They wouldn’t have gotten there without him.
feeel bad for the guy but it is what it is. He should of just said yea i did and just got 25 games . But it isnt right.
No…
mlb screwed him…
they said it was ok at first but then they suspend him??
That is messed up….
no its not fair but he was supposed to only get a 25 game suspension but he had to tell them the truth but i guess they didnt believe him so they gave him 50
Yeah, and anyone who believes that I’d like to sell you a bridge. If that was true, the players union would be jumping up and down and there’d be legal action as we speak. It’s one of the worst lies I’ve seen so far regarding these suspensions.
GNC doesn’t sell anything illegal and they should be looking to sue Romero for claiminng they do to save his butt.
Supplements are supplements, no way around it. This is going to kill the Phillies. What a stupid move
There are currently 7 drugs, 41 steroids, and 30 stimulants on the banned list that MLB and the Players Union agreed to have placed there. The responsibility falls on the player to make sure he knows what he is ingesting. Also, a player is not suspended for 50 games until the third time he has tested positive for anything on the banned list, which means Romero has tested positive twice before. To answer your question, I believe his suspension is very fair
Yes and too bad J.C. Romero can’t act like a man instead of his pitiful little excuses of how unfair he was treated.
I would actually respect him if he admitted he done wrong and took his punishment like a man.
Does anybody take responsibility for their own actions anymore?
it sucks for the guy and i’m sure whatever the supplement was at GNC that he got over the counter is not some big major deal and probably did not make that much bigger stronger or faster.. but the reality is that MLB has a ban on certain types of drugs and supplements for a reason..it’s his responsibiltiy to look into that stuff.
yea if this was Bonds everyone would be all over this and hate him even worse. I personally believe Romero and its a shame, but why do people have such a double standard? Seriously, if Bonds was suspended for this it would be hatefest 09 on here and people would be screaming cheater. Romero does it an people are asking if its fair. I mean it makes no sense to me. In N0 WAY am I calling you out at all, im just making a point.
Chad , I agree with you but you have to rememver the J.C. is a white baseball player and Bonds is a black player, J.C. enjoys speaking with the media and Bonds could care less about the media..they would bury bonds and try to stick an * anywhere they can find it… J.C. and the Phillies will never get and * because of skin color…
Well, according to him, the supplement he took was bought at GNC, and did not have the illegal (in MLB standards) ingredient listed on the bottle. MLB did say that any supplement taken from GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, or other retailer may contain these substances, so be aware.
I believe he was unaware of the substance, but sould have cleared any supplement through MLB, and not just the team trainer or nutritionist.
He should get suspended for not knowing what he was taking, maybe not 50 games.
MLB should create a list of accepted supplements to insure this doesn’t happen again.
I didn’t know JC Romero and Sergio Mitre were “white.”
Why suspended J.C. Romero for using nutritional supplement’s that is sold in a GMC store to anyone with the cash to buy it?
In addition the MLB Players Association had told players the supplement that Romero was going to use was acceptable,
MLB has gone way beyond the line with this one!
The problem is that the MLB suspended him for ‘negligence’. Funny thing is that he consulted both of his physicians about the substance and it was not on the banned substance list. Even the players’ association cleared the over-the-counter substance. He has the right to say that he did not do anything wrong, because he didn’t.
It’s unfair to him and the Phillies that the legitimacy for their championship victory is now in doubt. The players’ association and Romero should and probably will fight this. The MLB has to stop being stupid. Even if they are going to keep the suspension…50 games?!? At least minimize the suspension to as low as 10 to 25 games. The whole situation is a bunch of horse ****