On the eve of the World Series, four Democratic Senators Dick Durbin (IL), Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Tom Harkin (IA) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) have sent a letter to the Major League Baseball Players Association calling on it to ban the use of all tobacco products on the field, in the dugout, and in the clubhouse at MLB ballparks.
Their argument is an expected 15 million viewers - including many children - will be watching the 2011 World Series. "Unfortunately, as these young fans root for their favorite teams and players, they also will watch their on-field heroes use smokeless tobacco products," wrote the Senators.
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7 comments:
I think our Senators should have more worries than what happens in baseball. Get the country running again and leave the MLB alone. You have bigger fish to fry than someone using tobacco.
Parents are in charge of explaining things to their children and teaching them what is right and wrong, not the Senate. Get over yourselves.
I see four senators who wanted some face time on tv who are looking to grandstand on this issue instead of tackling the real issues. Talk about low-hanging fruit.
I am just happy that our children DON'T look to Senators for role models. Alcoholics, tax cheats, spouse abusers, drug parties, drunk drivers, murderers, sex criminals, sexual harrassment of minors, etc. The list is endless, but these are the ones I could think of based on recent news reports. And THEY want to tell us what we should be doing with our children? It would be funny if it (and they) weren't so absolutely pathetic
Great idea no matter where it came from.
Needs to come from MLB not Capitol Hill. As its been stated this is the job of parents not politicians- they have a hard enough time with their primary job they don't need additional pet projects to beat their chests with.
The epitomy of social engineering
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