Clemens Vs. McNamee...brought to all of us by the US government

[chelsea0011]

I don't know what to make of the other witnesses being dismissed so Congress can question both of them sitting at the same table. Sounds like a cheap ploy by a Congress not interested in getting to bottom of steroids in baseball.

[jakefrep]

1. What I don't understand...

...is why Congress is interjecting itself into what is essentially a dispute between two private citizens. Isn't this why we have courts?

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Best Explanatiion I've Heard

Maybe this will address your concerns too! It did mine.

The thought is that when baseball funded the Mitchell group to pursue this, it was satisfy the oversight committee's concerns over whether the special place baseball has in court and in commerce (by statute)was properly addressed.

When Clemens so strongly disputed the report, it cast doubt on a report that the Committee has accepted as valid. If the report isn't valid, and Clemens is right, then the committee's actual concerns haven't been addressed and MLB is still on the hook to show that they've made progress.

If the report is valid, then Clemens lied to Federal prosecutors in disputing the report in sworn testimony.

So, one way the oversight would still be left unfinished, and the other way is a matter of criminal law.

Made sense to me. It made me rethink my feelings about this being grandstanding nonsense.
GAC

Edited for typos