york yankee alex rodriguez, and they're reportedly negotiating a settlement that would lead to a long suspension rather than a lifetime ban from baseball for the three-time mvp. rodriguez faces a permanent ban for his use of performance-enhancing drugs and violating the league's integrity of the game policy. joining us now is sports caster and fox news contributor jim gray. thank you for joining us, jim. >> good morning. how are you? heather: i'm doing good. we're talking about the highest paid athlete in the world, a $275 million contract he signed with the yankees, i think that was back in 2007. what are the allegations specifically that he is facing this time around? now, he's admitted to using some banned substances before. >> well, he's admitted to using drugs in 2001, 2002 and 2003, but there was no drug policy in