There are a lot of sportswriters and fans who are not satisfied on how Donald Fehr and Bud Selig handle the steroid scandal that the league is facing right now. They were all into the same idea, it is time for Fehr and Selig to go and give the position to someone else who could solve the problem in MLB.

In previous interviews with Fehr regarding steroid use, reporters can’t get any concrete and serious answer from Fehr. He even told reporters that they should stop asking questions since they are just wasting their time. John Harper of the nydailynews.com hits the inaction of Fehr on the issue. He said that Fehr’s arrogance does not deserve him to be in the union anymore. “As always with Fehr, you walked away shaking your head, accustomed to his condescension yet amazed that he still doesn’t get it. You’d think he’d be somewhat humbled by the shame brought upon baseball by steroids in recent years - especially since the players association is the most culpable of all parties involved - yet Fehr remains as arrogant as ever,” Harper said.

Harper also suggested that to end these steroid scandals in the league, Donald Fehr and Gene Orza should both leave their positions. Although he is not singling out the heads of the players association for this problem as there are also some failures made by the league, Bud Selig, managers, players and the media as well. For him it has become clearer that the union knew the most and did the least regarding steroids.

He also suggested replacing Fehr and Selig with Hank Aaron. The league needs people like Aaron to let fans trust the game again. “He’d be a logical replacement as commissioner as well, except Aaron would have the most to gain by striking Barry Bonds from the record books and re-establishing himself as baseball’s home run king. Better to let someone else make that call,” Harper said. He said that changing leadership is the best thing to do and putting Aaron can help rebuild the tattered image of the union.

On the other hand, J Russell of CappersMall.com put the blame on Selig. According to him, Selig is more accountable for this mess than Fehr since he is the commissioner. Russell said, “He represents the interests of the entire sport writ large. Fehr represents the interests of the players, the people who pay his salary. If they tell him to avoid drug testing at all costs, it’s his job to protect them. He did his job extremely well. The need for Fehr to step aside has more to do with the overall need for baseball to wipe the slate than it does with his performance as head of the union.” He further stated that Selig is responsible for the well being of the league.

“His failure to provide better leadership on this issue leaves me with no choice but to support the idea of his dismissal. Thing is, everybody knew what was going on over the past 10-15 years. Everything was peaches and cream as long as the homers were flying out of the park and paying customers were flooding in, but as soon as the most hated man in the sport used performance-enhancers to break the most hallowed record, the players were to blame. Suddenly the “sanctity of the game” mattered,” Russel said.

He questions Selig’s inaction about the problem. If he didn’t know anything why he is still incharge asked Russel. It is better for Selig to take a stand and confront the problem the league is facing right now. These issues according to Russel, the rampant steroid use, are bad for the game of baseball. It is also bad for the players’ health and a bad example for the young athletes.

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