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Originally Posted by Halx
They did not find steroids or HGH. So what was it? They found a "banned substance" - not specifically performance enhancing. Manny claims it is from medication given to him by a doctor. I'm waiting for the whole story to come out. There are some things on the "banned substance" list that are narcotics and such... have nothing to do with enhancing performance. The 50 games are not arbitrary - it is the penalty listed for the offense of having these substances in your blood.
In the meantime, I am hoping that the ban will be reduced or rescinded if the substance is found to be rather benign.
Damn.
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The rumor I heard was that it's an erectile dysfunction treatment, but that tends to be used as a way to increase testosterone production after performance-enhancing drug use.
That would be interesting, because even if it could be used that way, it could be argued that it was being used for a legitimate purpose and someone (Manny
) forgot to tell the right people.
On the other hand, the NFL still hasn't worked through the injunction against the suspensions of several players last season who reportedly attempted to contact both the league/union's banned-drug hotline and possibly even the league/union themselves and did not find that the drug was banned (or at least I don't think they did). So there could have been a combination of mistakes.
Honestly, though I believe he's guilty of something that deserves a suspension, and maybe something that deserves having his reputation tarnished for good.
And I'm a Manny fan.