View Full Version : The Future Of Barry Bonds
brewers96
11-17-2007, 11:53 AM
What will happen to Barry Bonds since he got indicted
Please Vote!
agent-g
11-17-2007, 01:00 PM
Just to clarify: being indicted and being charged are the same thing. You can't be charged with indictment. When you are indicted, that means you have been formally charged through the courts.
IANAL.
cardsfanatic
11-17-2007, 04:41 PM
Money often buys freedom. So, I think he'll escape doing any time on the pokey. However, I do think this will effectively end his career. So I went with the last option.
I think it depends on how early hearings go.
If his lawyers pick apart the indictment - and it is pretty full of holes - there is a chance he could play as a DH for the AL. For what team I don't know, but it seems a possibility.
Mattingly
11-17-2007, 09:41 PM
I'm a little unsure about the last question. Is it saying that in addition to not doing jail time, that he will retire? Seems that way, but I just wanted to make sure.
downstairs
11-18-2007, 09:32 AM
I'm not going to vote, because I really don't like making assumptions about court cases and jail time.
But I really hope he "just goes away"... and quickly. I could care less if its jail, retirement, etc.
For the sake of baseball, I really hope it doesn't become an OJ situation.
runningshoes
11-18-2007, 09:34 AM
Very bleak.
sandlot
11-19-2007, 03:03 AM
At the moment, I see these as trains on different tracks. The indictment creates what might be called a liability of unknown proportions when it comes to entering a possible contract with Bonds. On the other hand, language might be contructed that could take that into account. He has already played and played well while under indictment, so that's not new. Risk has been created, but the risk is not really new, nor is it necessarily imminent, and business people are accustomed to incorporating risk assessment and mitigation into their investment decisions, so nothing unusual there. One approach could be for all parties to proceed with business as usual, acknowledge the uncertainty and prepare accommodations should it eventuate, and between now and then just play ball. So my answer is none of the above.
Zagi-CRO
11-19-2007, 03:36 AM
I' like see him on the ground.
philipthegreat
11-19-2007, 04:28 AM
I really hope it doesn't become an OJ situation.
Exactly.
I'm very suprised the media hasn't started to sensationalize the story.
fenrir
11-19-2007, 10:13 AM
i hope he goes to jail for a very long time, but i doubt that happens. i think he just retires.
Brooklyn
11-19-2007, 10:20 AM
i hope he goes to jail for a very long time, but i doubt that happens. i think he just retires.
Why? I can understand not liking someone, but wishing jail time on someone is pretty harsh.
I believe he should be punished, and if that includes jail time, so be it. But the maximum jail time associated with 4 counts of perjury and 1 count of obstruction is 30 years. that seems to be out of line with the crime. There are far worse crimes that have less jail time. Michael Vick comes to mind, where the maximum penalty is 5 years.
As for the original question, I voted for the last option. But I'm not really sure if this indictment changes anything. This isn't exactly new information, and the contract can be written to be voided if he goes to jail. The question is if someone will take a flyer on him or not.
brett
11-19-2007, 11:33 AM
Why? I can understand not liking someone, but wishing jail time on someone is pretty harsh.
I believe he should be punished, and if that includes jail time, so be it. But the maximum jail time associated with 4 counts of perjury and 1 count of obstruction is 30 years. that seems to be out of line with the crime. There are far worse crimes that have less jail time. Michael Vick comes to mind, where the maximum penalty is 5 years.
They are both bad, but Bonds is charged with basically interfering with the process of investigating a potentially huge scale crime rink which may have involved sales of suppliments to the general public which contained illegal substances (without the consumers consent or knowledge).
Some "in the know" have suggested that Balco put THG into a zinc suppliment so that the general population would "feel" like it was working. Millions of Americans bought that suppliment (including I).
He probably was ignorant enough of the situation that he should not be convicted, but if he knew that certain terms were used in connection to Balco, he is preventing justice for millions of HUMANS.
If Bonds only TOOK steroids and broke a record, he deserves no jail.
KCGHOST
11-20-2007, 08:21 AM
I have no idea about his future incarceration, but I am sure he will not voluntarily retire. I don't think anyone will sign him either.