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Recent steroid allegations affect NFL's image
[SIZE=-1]Daily Cardinal, WI - Oct 30, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The NFL reported that several players had violated the NFL’s steroid policy, testing positive for a banned weight-loss diuretic. Testing positive for illegal substances is not a shock, but the fact that the NFL has sub-par policies designed to help athletes is. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Viking wide receiver Bernard Berrian, when asked to comment on his two teammates, told of his experiences with the NFL hotline for drugs, in which players can call and learn if certain drugs or their ingredients are illegal or not.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]According to ESPN, Berrian said in a Sirius radio interview that he has called the hotline twice, only to have no one answer on the other end. Only on his third try did he get a reply.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]“I’ve called twice before and actually never gotten a hold of anybody sometimes,” Berrian said. “So even when you try to do the right thing sometimes it is still hard to get a hold of somebody and really find out what you’re really taking.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The NFL has said that it will “follow up” on what Berrian has said. An internal investigation seems unlikely, as this situation is not really important [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Daily Cardinal, WI - Oct 30, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The NFL reported that several players had violated the NFL’s steroid policy, testing positive for a banned weight-loss diuretic. Testing positive for illegal substances is not a shock, but the fact that the NFL has sub-par policies designed to help athletes is. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Viking wide receiver Bernard Berrian, when asked to comment on his two teammates, told of his experiences with the NFL hotline for drugs, in which players can call and learn if certain drugs or their ingredients are illegal or not.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]According to ESPN, Berrian said in a Sirius radio interview that he has called the hotline twice, only to have no one answer on the other end. Only on his third try did he get a reply.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]“I’ve called twice before and actually never gotten a hold of anybody sometimes,” Berrian said. “So even when you try to do the right thing sometimes it is still hard to get a hold of somebody and really find out what you’re really taking.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The NFL has said that it will “follow up” on what Berrian has said. An internal investigation seems unlikely, as this situation is not really important [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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