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Donald M. Fehr


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Third-Party Descriptions

June 2008: 'A Congressional oversight committee Thursday submitted questions to Major League Baseball and its players union asking whether steroid testing was suspended during the 2004 season and, if so, why they did not tell Congress about it during a 2005 public hearing....The questions came in letters that the chairman and the ranking Republican of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent to Commissioner Bud Selig and the union’s executive director, Donald Fehr, citing “apparent discrepancies” in their 2005 testimony to the committee.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/sports/baseball/13waxman.html

January 2008: "Nevertheless, it was amphetamines that left baseball looking flat-footed Tuesday when Commissioner Bud Selig and the players union executive director Donald Fehr joined Mr. Mitchell to discuss his report’s findings before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/sports/baseball/16stimulant.html

June 2005: Head of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) Organization Jan 16, 2008
Subordinate of (past or present) Marvin Miller Person Jun 5, 2005

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Jun 13, 2008 M.L.B. Questioned Over 2004 Steroid Testing

QUOTE: A Congressional oversight committee Thursday submitted questions to Major League Baseball and its players union asking whether steroid testing was suspended during the 2004 season and, if so, why they did not tell Congress about it during a 2005 public hearing.

 New York Times
Jan 16, 2008 Baseball Is Challenged on Rise in Stimulant Use

QUOTE: ...the numbers [of major leaguers baseball players claiming therapeutic-use exemptions for attention deficit disorder] disclosed by Mr. Tierney suggest that other players are using attention deficit disorder as a means to use stimulants that are not available without a prescription and, since the beginning of the 2006 season, cannot be used by players without a medical exemption.

 New York Times