NFL urged to allow use of steroids
by admin ~ September 4th, 2010.
The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, recently said that he is in favor of expanding the regular NFL season to 17 or 18 games over the next few years. This means that every team will get a chance to get an extra home game and they will also be playing one more time at a neutral site.
However, this statement by Goodell came as no respite for existing and former players amid accusations of over-fatigued players and steroid use in baseball plaguing the game. It is believed that this may lead to more players having a reason to jump into the steroid brigade for sustaining their careers and keeping off the competition at bay.
From Weblogs.baltimoresun.com:
The suggestion that these games would just be replacing preseason games already on the schedule is a joke. We all know that most of the people playing in those games won’t even be on the roster two weeks after the final whistle. The toll on the starters — especially positions that regularly require violent collisions — would be far, far greater than in preseason games.
If the NFLPA does go ahead with Goodell’s proposal, they ought to, at the very least, ask for this concession: If we want to take steroids or human growth hormone to stay healthy, or smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons to deal with the pain, let us.
You might laugh, but that’s the only way to make this proposal work. It’s ridiculous to pretend that drugs aren’t already a major part of life in the NFL. Teams could literally not field a full roster each week without painkillers, legal or otherwise. Marijuana isn’t just a recreational drug for a lot of NFL players, it’s the only way they can get out of bed on Monday mornings. And it’s much less addictive than a painkiller like Vicodin, which is legal.
Players should be given freedom for making use of steroids, HGH, or even marijuana to combat pressure, according to Kevin Van Valkenburg of the Baltimore Sun.
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