Ryan Braun tests positive for PED

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

So his sample basically was with the collector, unprotected, for an entire weekend? Probably sat in the guys trunk or something. Boneheaded move by the testing company. They should know the shipping schedules like the back of their hands.

From the tweet, it sounds like the sample was with the person responsible for shipping it, as opposed to being left at the testing facility. Sounds like the collector left work on Friday, took the sample with him, and was too lazy/thought FedEx was closed, so he just took it home with him. If the sample has been in a secure location that entire time, I bet Braun would have lost the appeal.

Colossal screw-up. Sounds like MLB needs a new testing company to perform these tests.

It sounds like whatever happened was just a slight enough loophole to get Braun off in the mind of the supposedly neutral arbitrator. I'm now reading that it's a loophole that MLB is trying to close soon.


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USADA CEO Travis Tygart says it's commonplace for collectors to keep samples refrigerated when taken late at night and on holidays, weekends

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Tygart: "This stuff happens around the world all the time. They're collected at people's homes after the UPS or FedEx or DHL is closed."


The collector may have not known MLB's procedure and simply just done what they usually do with other tests.

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

It sounds like whatever happened was just a slight enough loophole to get Braun off in the mind of the supposedly neutral arbitrator. I'm now reading that it's a loophole that MLB is trying to close soon.


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USADA CEO Travis Tygart says it's commonplace for collectors to keep samples refrigerated when taken late at night and on holidays, weekends

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Tygart: "This stuff happens around the world all the time. They're collected at people's homes after the UPS or FedEx or DHL is closed."


The collector may have not known MLB's procedure and simply just done what they usually do with other tests.

Except in this case, the sample is literally worth millions upon millions of dollars. I think it is safe that it probably should have been treated a bit more securely than it was.

And who collects samples at people's homes? Most employers who require such screenings make the candidate go into the facility to obtain the sample. Collecting a sample at someone's home as opposed to a sterile, professional facility seems a bit odd to me.

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

Except in this case, the sample is literally worth millions upon millions of dollars. I think it is safe that it probably should have been treated a bit more securely than it was.

And who collects samples at people's homes? Most employers who require such screenings make the candidate go into the facility to obtain the sample. Collecting a sample at someone's home as opposed to a sterile, professional facility seems a bit odd to me.

“According to one of the sources, the collector, after getting Braun’s sample, was supposed to take the sample to FedEx/Kinkos for shipping but thought it was closed because it was late on a Saturday. As has occurred in some other instances, the collector took the sample home and kept it refrigerated. Policy states that the sample is supposed to get to FedEx as soon as possible.”