Roger before Congress

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Originally Posted by CO ump

Isn't it government "of the people, for the people and by the people"?

Although your normal joe citizen may not be able to 'demand' action by the congress, if you have enough political clout or can produce enough bad PR you can probably get most anything you want from congress.
RC attorney had enough public interest/support and media attention to persuade the folks in Washington to open the circus act another day.
So apparently a demand was made and congress succombed.

If the Chairperson decided not to have the hearing, there would have been no hearing. It is that simple.

Originally Posted by CO ump

Fortunately for Roger he chose a profession that has made him a multimillionaire. Unfortunately, for him, his profession makes him subject to the court of public opinion.
The probing is directly related to his profession and in a time frame where he was making millions off his performance. I have absolutely no problem with public, media and MLB probing.
I have a huge problem with congressional probing, but that's a whole other issue.

I do not care what profession he is in. And the amount of money that he makes has nothing to do with this discussion. His rights or the rights of others should not have anything to do with what they decided to do for a living. And it is not like he decided to be a professional player over being a doctor or lawyer. He had to be picked and good enough to maintain in the pros unlike most people that choose other professions. And if the public was so upset, they should have not paid money to attend a time that they think it was so obvious people were using drugs that were not considered illegal. I have attended maybe 3 major league baseball games in 25 years and I hardly watch the sport on TV except for a few post season games. I am not a person that is directly affected by what some player does in a league I hardly support finiancially. I would rather have congress investigate the billions that are unaccounted for in the war, than what one guy did 5 and 10 years ago.

Peace