The Governor of Colorado.

At least it's not the revered Governor of California speaking out against steroid use.

But is anybody concerned in the least that the Governor has nothing better to do than host a monthly sports and highlight show on a regional network? Do you really need Uncle Floyd as your state's Governor?

Anyway, the Governor is wrong:

"It's clear some of them don't want this," he said of players. "The union has been dragging its feet for reasons that are hard to understand."

It's very easy to understand why the player's union does not trust the owners. Aaron Boone's contract was voided because he broke his ankle (fairly, I suppose); Denny Neagle's contract was voided because he got a hummer (fairly, I suppose); the Yankees are trying to void Giambi's contract because of steroids (fairly, I suppose); the classy Steinbrenner was also suspended from baseball for a while because he paid a criminal to dig up dirt on Dave Winfield, hoping to void Winfield's contract. Winfield's beef with Steinbrenner was how much money should go to Winfield's charitable organization. Classy.

I will now paraphrase the language from Giambi's contract, and you will not believe your eyes. The NY Post summarizes it as: "The player agrees to keep himself in the best possible condition." I also recall reading that the contracts typically have such language as "represent the team well" and "properly prepare for practice," that sort of thing.

I'm not a contract lawyer, and perhaps it's the player's fault in the first place for allowing such vague language to exist in their contracts. But it seems fairly obvious to me that the union is afraid that owners will start voiding contracts left and right for any player who isn't in "peak shape" or isn't a proper "representative of the team."

David Wells has a higher ERA than you expected, go ahead and void his contract. I'd like to see the lawyer argue the case that he's in "best possible condition."