I was watching the highlights of the Magic game the other day and something jumped out at me... Anyone seen Hedo Turkoglu lately? Wow, that dude has gotten big...
NBA: Steroids in the NBA?
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I think there are alot more steroids in college basketball than NBA. But, I would guess something like 20% of the NBA players are using some sort of banned substance (other than Marijuana).
Just legalize steriods along with all the other things that people put in their body that are illegal. If someone wants their boys to shrink why is it anyone's business than their own?
I'll tell you why, because there is way too much money in for the govt to keep everything illegal.
I'll tell you why, because there is way too much money in for the govt to keep everything illegal.
I'm not thrilled to admit this, but I have seen Turkoglu without his shirt on
wideeyed... and he definitely hasn't missed too many meals.I don't know much of the effects of steroids, but I'm guessing a beer gut isn't extremely common.
Steroids in any professional sport is a given. With the amount of money involved and the pressure on the players to play well there will always be a percentage that look to artificial means for physical improvment. Is problem is that the leagues are not hard enough on players who are caught. Why is MBL seemingly uninvolved in any of the hearings about setroids in baseball? The NFL is much harsher on players then any other league but there are things out there that are still undectable. Either way steroids have been in use much longer then people realize and new ones will be created as they find ways to detect the old ones.
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How is the NFL any harsher than MLB? The NFL doesn't even test in the offseason unless you have previously failed a test and thats when most people would be using them anyways... The NFL is the biggest joke there is when it comes to PED's.
I have often wondered why the NFL seems to get a pass on this stuff. Football players were using them well before baseball players were. You can't tell me that these guys can get as big, strong, fast, and resilient as they are without using something.
The NFL has done random testing during the season, and has for much longer then the MLB has even admitted that they had a problem. I never said the NFL had a perfect or even good system but compared to the history of the MLBs testing "policies" they are much harsher.
MLB first policy was created in 2002 and then revised in 2005 so that it had any teeth what so ever.
The NFL has had policies in place since 1987 (beating baseball by a mere 15 years) and have suspended plaers for using masking agents as well as steriods. They even have a list of banned over the counter supplements that they distribute to players. You can't will any post season awards if you are caught using a banned substance either. That and they don't seem to need congressional help to police their employees.
The hill does not seem to have too many issues with the NFL's policy.
TheHill.com - NFL is a model for cracking down on steroids
MLB first policy was created in 2002 and then revised in 2005 so that it had any teeth what so ever.
The NFL has had policies in place since 1987 (beating baseball by a mere 15 years) and have suspended plaers for using masking agents as well as steriods. They even have a list of banned over the counter supplements that they distribute to players. You can't will any post season awards if you are caught using a banned substance either. That and they don't seem to need congressional help to police their employees.
The hill does not seem to have too many issues with the NFL's policy.
TheHill.com - NFL is a model for cracking down on steroids
Uh, MLB is no better.
1. For a first offense, a player is either fined up to $10,000 or suspended - and isn't even identified if he is fined!
2. Regarding off-season testing, all decisions are made by a four-person "panel" - two of which are with the players association!
If the supervisory panel is not totally independent (which it is not), it isn't worth a damn.
That policy hasn't been in place for years, they revised it. The first suspension is an immediate 50 game suspension...
There are a couple guys who I think used 'roids or something of that sort in the NBA, for example Ben Wallace. However they have a hard enough time just getting guys to lift weights in that league so I really don't think it's nearly as prevalent as other sports. Raw physical brute strength just isn't as important in basketball as other sports.
The energy to last 82 games is needed, though. Brute strength isn't needed for a pitcher in baseball, but it is speculated that they use more than position players because they need their body to recover every 4 days. I imagine jumping to an 82 game season (and potentially about 100 if you go deep in the playoffs) after playing about 32 in college is a big change for some guys.