First, the pressure is on Arod to decide. The ball is in his court. If any of you have ever been involved with contract negotiations where there is a union involved, the process by default takes time. MLB I feel, is also trying to engage the Union simultaneously as well as with Arod's legion of lawyers. MLB wants to be sure that they have the Unions blessing in so much that they and the union look like co-prosecutors to future PED violators and that they can no long use PED's and then have the union leverage MLB on the players behald to salvage future earnings. This will in my opinion set the precedents for all future suspensions in the years that follow thus the lets get it right mentality.
At the same time, MLB wants to be sure to not look Machiavellian in its pursuit of Arod so that MLB wins in the court of public opinion also. The strategy in these type of negotiations is not to be the first to flinch. I believe MLB has said this
"We heard that as of last night, your legal team has walked away from the table. Our offer is still the same, the suspension we discussed with your legal team will not change, however MLB will give you an additional 72 hours (the weekend) so that your camp can make one final decision. By doing this, it pits Arod against in legions of attorneys, who by ego alone are praying for him to fight it, this is how they get paid, make careers, good or bad. IN the end Arod has to see the wisdom of not risking a lifetime ban, not forfeiting the larger portion of 100 million, and try to salvage whatever amount of dignity he could possible have left. Otherwise he becomes this decades Jose Conseco, a circus act....
