Deion admits to taking steriods. The first active NFL player to come clean

**BigRedChief** · 08-03-2005, 02:59 PM

The story off of espn:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2122901

Sanders said that shortly before he decided to end his three-year retirement last Aug. 31, he received medical treatment for an ankle he hurt while playing basketball. When he took his Ravens' physical, steroids were detected in his system.

"The next thing I know they're testing me weekly. I'm like, what's going on? I had never had a prior," he recalled. "They told me I flunked the steroid test. I was on the random steroid test every week because I took something for my ankle."

jspchief · 08-03-2005, 03:06 PM

The most refreshing part of this story is that he broke it himself.

Because of confidentiality, no one would have ever known, but he was man enough to come out and admit it.

Since he wasn't in the league at the time he took it, he's not subject to punishment, but testing positive still makes him subject to future testing.

It's also noteworthy that he wasn't breaking any laws. It was a prescribed treatment.

Taco John · 08-03-2005, 03:09 PM

Hmmm... I don't think it taints him too much at this point... Though, it'll be another story if it turns up that he took them when he was playing with the Cowboys or Niners... Of course, the guy never could lay a hit, so if he was taking steroids then, he got ripped off...

**BigRedChief** · 08-03-2005, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Taco John

Hmmm... I don't think it taints him too much at this point... Though, it'll be another story if it turns up that he took them when he was playing with the Cowboys or Niners... Of course, the guy never could lay a hit, so if he was taking steroids then, he got ripped off...

Thats pretty funny....for a bronco fan.

HolmeZz · 08-03-2005, 03:38 PM

Did he use them while playing for the Reds/Braves?

jspchief · 08-03-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by HolmeZz

Did he use them while playing for the Reds/Braves?

He didn't use them while playing any sports.

It was a legal prescription for an injury occured while he was retired. It's not like he was taking them to enhance his performance. It was simply part of the recovery, just like any average person would do.

munkey · 08-03-2005, 04:29 PM

He just misses the attention...

Needless to say I haven't missed him one bit...

keg in kc · 08-03-2005, 04:37 PM

I don't like deion much, but it's one thing to bend over and get a shot in your ass to bulk up, it's something else entirely to spread a prescribed cream on your ankle to reduce swelling. Yes, tchnically, he was "on" steroids, a steroid cream, but it doesn't exactly sound like he was "juicing up".

Deberg_1990 · 08-03-2005, 05:34 PM

So did GOD tell him to take the roids??

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Taco John Sapere Aude Join Date: Jun 2001 Casino cash: $2327937	Hmmm... I don't think it taints him too much at this point... Though, it'll be another story if it turns up that he took them when he was playing with the Cowboys or Niners... Of course, the guy never could lay a hit, so if he was taking steroids then, he got ripped off... __________________ Ehyeh asher ehyeh. Donger's Razor: "The most establishment-friendly explanation that gives leftist and neocon politicians the most amount of cover is the only possible explanation, even when gaping holes and leaps of logic are required to get there."
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HolmeZz i guess its bittersweet poetry Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NeW HaVeN, CT Casino cash: $10004900	Did he use them while playing for the Reds/Braves?
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