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Eliminate performance enhancing substances from our game. but as you can imagine, as you said from the top, a number of fans are weighing in on this particular issue. i had an opportunity to hear what fans are saying now about rodriguez and this 162-game suspension. >> i'm from boston. i thought the penalty was also too strong. so i'm good with the 162. >> how do you hand out 162-game ban to one person and not give anything to all of these other people doing the same thing? yeah. i guess it is. just a-rod, yeah, it's too harsh. >> i think it's ridiculous. they gave him anything it should be 50...

I'm good with the 162. >> how do you hand out the ban to one person and not give anything to the other people doing the same thing? if you talk about just arod, i think it's too harsh. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think if they gave him anything, it it it should be 50 games at the max. >> whole career should be out. not enough. >> i think he deserves it. i don't think there should be doping in. baseball. >> during the entire arbitration process, alex rodriguez was allowed to play ball. that may not be. the case this time. representative from major league baseball said this decision is final s...

Major league baseball's player association. this is the union basically that represents all the players. players like alex rod krieg ez. one section reez, we recognize a final and binding decision has been reached. well, i think there's no argument from anyone that a decision has been reached, but from the rodriguez camp, it is by no means final and they will continue to fight. >> so i wonder, jason, would we ever get an explanation from the arbitration panel that would explain how they see a difference between the 211-game suspension versus the 162-game suspension when we're talking, you know...

>> yes, fredricka. now a statement in the from major league baseball. they're weighing in on this basically saying, while we believe the original 211 game suspension was appropriate, we respect the decision rendered by the panel and will focus on our continuing efforts on eliminating performance enhancing substances from our game, and also, fredricka, since we last spoke, the yankees sent us a statement as well saying the new york yankees respect major league baseball's joint drug prevention and treatment program. the arbitration process as well as the decision released today by the arbitratio...

He doesn't exactly -- isn't exactly known for telling the truth. >> for the record, have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone, or any other performance enhancing substance? >> no. >> have you ever been tempted tv use any of those things?s? >> no. i did take a banned substance and for that, i'm very sorry and deeply regretful.pl >> when i see katie couric, i'l apologize. in a statement the mlb denies the allegations calls it a desperate attempt to go around the confidentiality agreement of the league's drug agreement with the players association. let's talk about this. this is the first...