"or it could've been someone around me. Like maybe I got drugged and didn't know about it "
Who drugged Shelbo , Karissa ? Ellise ? centro?
I know exactly who drugged Shelby Houlihan. I probably shouldn't tell you her name so I'll just give you her initials and see if you can figure it out yourself - SH.
Not sabotage but, did she accidently take someone else's "supplements" and dumb luck caused her to get popped? If that were the case, did higher powers instruct her to, "play along and we'll finance the most vigorous defense possible. If that isn't successful, we will reward your silence should you take the fall. After the NOP mess, we can't have an Olympic hero going down in flames.".
That would fit with her belief that she didn't dope but has no good ideas how nandrolone was even in her system.
Not sabotage but, did she accidently take someone else's "supplements" and dumb luck caused her to get popped? If that were the case, did higher powers instruct her to, "play along and we'll finance the most vigorous defense possible. If that isn't successful, we will reward your silence should you take the fall.
She could be lying about her income, but she claims that Nike has stopped paying her.
But after sticking with her rediculous burrito excuse for almost a year, then admitting he other day that she never really thought the drug came from a burrito, it's hard to believe anything she says.
I like the sarcasm and the concept of a "saboteur" (which is a great word btw!) but I have always maintained this hypothesis of events.
I believe that someone close to her, maybe someone that gee I dunno, possibly left another group because of certain factors associated with doping or "pushing the legal limits", who then never really got better, looked less ripped etc after coming to the group and then eventually left...^^, introduced her to these types of "supplements" (and I think we can be very sure from her recent comments and the findings of WADA that she wasn't ingesting nandrolone directly but instead the over-the-counter precursors) that ultimately she didn't really know how to use in the right way. Clearly "someone" had better advice and resources with respect to pushing up to but not above legal limits and Shelby didn't.
I think the reason this is is because BTC doesn't have a structured program in place of how to bend the rules as far as possible but not break them a-la other now defunct groups so she was left to her own judgements. So think about how difficult this is to get right - you are taking something that synthesizes into something that you are allowed to have in your body - but only to a certain amount. I mean good luck with that. The factors that are in play there are so wide-ranging and nuanced you have to be both pretty stupid and very desperate to roll the dice on - but I think Houlihan is/was both.
I still maintain that despite Schumachers outright dumb comments of "never having heard of nandrolone" and his vehement support of her in the face of her first ludicrous story, he didn't know what was happening or have things in BTC to support this kind of stuff. It is completely possibly and likely she was ultimately acting on her own accord (I mean ultimately in the sense of purchasing and using) - if we are talking 1-2 pills before bedtime each day this isn't exactly a big routine with chance of exposure. If anything the fact she was so far over the limit when she was busted points to someone not very intelligent doing things on their own. I doubt Jerry risks his group and his reputation letting her just do what she wants with stuff he introduced. On the flipside there is a reason none of the Oregon Project guys were busted despite their hematocrit, nandrolone, testosterone etc levels probably being about as optimum as humanly possible for half a decade - that's because Alberto had a crew in place making sure there was no way they would get impatient and just "pop and extra pill after feeling bad in a workout" etc.
Again, saboteur is a great word but "co-conspirator" is my bet ;)
The problem with the "I was sabotaged" approach is that the effects of steroids are very obvious to a pro athlete. Cyclists on Armstrongs pharma team reported going to the gym after getting roids and being able to lift 30-40% more without getting tired. Houlihan was breaking ARs and had to have known that she was being boosted even if someone was slipping her roids without her knowledge.