But more than that is the perception of dealing with this clinic. That should be enough to stay the hell away. Athletes have got to do a better job of policing their activities and the people that they associate with.
Again, this tendency to make Biogenesis into some operation running out of the trunk of a car just distorts the situation and isn't necessary. Biogenesis has had MANY previous dealings with Major League Baseball and athletes alike as well as has legal, paying customers that go there for very legal reasons. Second, as mentioned in his official statement, Brauns lawyers had the interaction. And I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Athletes may need to do a better job policing their activities judging with whom they associate, but that's EXACTLY why lawyers are there.
I mean, very literally, Braun was doing exactly that. Protecting himself from whom he associates with with an intermediary in this case a lawyer.
(One of the funniest things? MLB uses intermediaries all the time to solve disputes. Arbitrators, politicians, other lawyers - if only I could sell irony)