Weiner says increased penalties are '2014 issue'
Published: March 3, 2013
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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball players' union head Michael Weiner says toughening penalties for drug violations will have to wait until the 2014 season.
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, baseball union head Michael Weiner speaks during a news conference in New York. Weiner says, Monday Feb. 25, 2013, there's active discussion about increasing the penalties for violating baseball's drug testing program. Weiner says players have very little patience for seeing their peers try to cheat the system. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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The current sanctions have been in place since the 2006 season: 50 games for a first offense, 100 for a second and a lifetime ban for a third. Selig held a news conference Saturday and said he wanted increased penalties as soon as possible.
Weiner says "it's going to be a 2014 issue" and "we're not going to change the rules of the game in the middle of the season."
He spoke Sunday after meeting with the Baltimore Orioles as part of his tour of the 30 spring-training camps.
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