It’s no big deal, right?
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo had a bizarre take on the former MLBPA executive director, Tony Clark, who was forced to resign after a an inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law surfaced.
“It was due to an inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law, who is in her 50s – what’s so inappropriate about that?” Russo said on his Mad Dog Sports Radio Show. “I don’t understand. This happens all the time. Why would that be considered inappropriate?”
“I don’t understand. This happens all the time, this stuff,” Russo continued. “Why would that be considered inappropriate? It’s his sister-in-law. Alright, so it’s his brother’s wife. I guess that’s inappropriate. Isn’t that a family matter moreso than it’s a union matter?”
When Russo’s producer interjected to say that the inappropriate nature wasn’t just the relationship but also getting her a job with the union, but Russo showed considerably less interest in that.
“To me, it reads more of a cover-up with the FBI,” Russo said, referring to an on-going investigation over MLBPA leadership misusing funds. “That’s the way I look at it. I might be dead wrong on it. The FBI is investigating the union … I thought this was a little bit of a camouflage.”
The alleged relationship, though, is what Russo really wanted to fixate on.
“He didn’t do anything criminally wrong,” Russo said. “He did something stupid. He’s not going to jail.”
Not for the supposed dalliance, at least.
With collective bargaining talks looming in the distance — and the specter of a potential lockout — the MLBPA moved on quickly, naming Bruce Meyer as their interim executive director Wednesday.
