On July 23, 2013, WWE superstar John Cena praised Major League Baseball for cracking down on PED usage and encouraging fair play. The 13-time WWE Championship winner took to Twitter to praise MLB for its bold move to clean up the mess made by numerous prominent players.
He tagged the MLB’s Twitter handle and wrote:
“Also hats off to that MLB for putting their foot down against PEDs.”
His post was uploaded at a time when MLB was about to announce mass suspensions for drug use.
Previously, multiple attempts to remove PED usage in MLB had been met with repeated failure. Finally, in July 2013, MLB was expecting a conclusive win over PEDs by banning the offenders for a specific period as punishment.
In May 2014, MLB and MLBPA announced an updated version of the Joint Drug Agreement. First- and second-time offenders will be subjected to 80 games and 162 games suspensions. Third-time offenders will be subjected to a lifetime ban.
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