NEW YORK -- As the result of a modified joint drug agreement between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association that was announced Friday, Brewers closer Eric Gagne will not be fined or suspended for appearing in former Sen. George Mitchell's report on performance-enhancing drugs. In return, Gagne may be asked to participate in efforts to educate kids and their parents on the topic.

Just before the Brewers took the field at Shea Stadium on Friday, Gagne said he was unaware that the modifications to the agreement had been finalized. But he said he would happily participate in whatever youth outreach he was asked to do.

"That is a given," Gagne said. "I have four kids, and that's the least we can do."

He added: "I don't think it matters if you were named or not in [the Mitchell Report]. The game is at a certain crossroads, and this is what it needs to be doing. It doesn't matter if you are in it or not, and I think everybody knows that and realizes that. We are on the stage where everybody looks at us."

According to the Mitchell Report, Gagne twice acquired packages of human growth hormone in 2004 from then-Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski. Gagne was in the middle of his record-setting run as the Dodgers' closer at the time, and allegedly came in contact with Radomski through then-teammate Paul Lo Duca.

The Mitchell Report was released in December, days after Gagne inked a $10 million, one-year deal to replace departed Brewers closer Francisco Cordero. Gagne did not address the Report until he reported to Spring Training, apologizing to his family and his new teammates for the "distraction," but saying little else.

"Since 2004, Major League Baseball has done everything in their power to clean up the game, and I think they've done a great job," he said at the time. "Right now, I just want to go forward. Major League Baseball is ready to go forward, and hopefully all the fans are ready to do that."

The Brewers deferred to Major League Baseball regarding any potential discipline. The door was closed on that possibility Friday.

Friday's agreement stated: "Major League players, including players named in the Mitchell Report, will join MLB in participating in efforts designed to educate youth and their parents regarding the dangers of performance-enhancing substances and regarding appropriate and safe training methods."

In addition, the Players Association will contribute $200,000 to an anti-drug charitable, educational or research organization.

Among other highlights of the new agreement, administration of the sport's drug testing will be turned over to an independent administrator who will release an annual report summarizing the number of tests administered, the number of positive tests resulting in discipline, the substances involved in the positives, the number of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) granted by category of ailment and the number of non-analytical positives. Brewers center fielder Mike Cameron, who currently is serving a 25-game suspension for a banned stimulant, applied this spring for a TUE, but club officials said they could not release the result of that action.

It's time to move on, Gagne said.

"We've been ready," he said. "I think what you see now is the residue of a long, long time ago."