Explosive allegation: Peyton Manning linked to doping ring by undercover tv investigative unit

alanson wrote:

Gonna have a tough time proving this. The primary source recanted totally - the tape of his recantation was on TV tonight.

Of course he recanted his statements, he is protecting his career. If you make a living providing PEDs to athletes, no one is going to work with you if you run your mouth off the way that guy did.

Perhaps he did embellish, he is a salesman after all, but his excuse of "testing" Collins is complete bs. What was he trying to test? He sold the drugs to Collins anyway, so I take it Collins passed whatever "test" Sly was trying to throw his way.

Furthermore, if you combine what Sly said with the fact that a current MLB player met with him on camera, to take D2, you can see that there is atleast some credibility to the statements he made. Combine that with the other comments from the other doctors on the show, and a pretty damning picture of professional sports as a whole is created.

I wouldn't say this is surprising at all, but it is good to see that this is getting some publicity. Hopefully people read between the lines here. The general public needs to wake up at some point.

cool story, moving on wrote:

NFL doesn't want its signature wholesome hall-of-famer busted. Advertisers don't want a scandal. ...

Manning is too big to fail.

Tell that to Tom Brady.

I understand what you are saying but the leagues want this under their control. They want to control who gets busted and the. give out short sentences. The NBA has guys playing up to 100 games per year and no one of note is ever busted because the testing regime is so easy. I think Rashard Lewis of all people was the one guy who got busted. The NFL is worse, it's like the WWE.

All team sports are a joke when it comes to this (this is probably true of soccer too). Track and cycling actually try much harder to have clean sports but, sadly, it looks like IAAF has screwed up lots of testing over the last decade and even covered up tests. The NFL, MLB, nba and NHL should all turn things over to WaDA. That'll probably will not happen unless laws are passed to criminalize doping.

Hellooooo? wrote:

cool story, moving on wrote:

NFL doesn't want its signature wholesome hall-of-famer busted. Advertisers don't want a scandal. ...

Manning is too big to fail.

Tell that to Tom Brady.

The current quarterback of a 12-3 team who continues to print money? Yea, deflate-gate just demolished him...

So you're ok with the NFL trying to demean their best player?

I don't follow Football, but has there ever been an NFL coach who has been extremely vocal against the use of PEDS?

Helloooooo? wrote:

So you're ok with the NFL trying to demean their best player?

I think Goodell only made a move when he was forced to, and then made one that made him "look tough" but that he knew was actually just a slap on the wrist that had no impact on anything important.

Sidenote: What would the NFL have done if it turned out that every team was deflating footballs? Changed the rule to allow for it, or punish everyone?

Critic of note wrote:

His wife's being set up to take the fall

"Any medical treatments that my wife received, that’s her business," he said. "That has nothing to do with me. Nothing that's been sent to her or [that] my wife has used have I ever taken. Absolutely not. I have my treatments that I do, she may have hers and that is her business. There's no connection between the two."

I makes you wonder why doesn't he just ask his wife is she even got HGH prescribed by an anti-aging clinic.

She can say "No honey, I didn't"

Then he could just say his wife never had HGH either.

To my knowledge, not one. Their goal is to keep their best players on the field for as long as they can. They do not care what the player does or takes off the field. It is all about winning and keeping the owners happy, which is done by winning.

In my opinion this is a total non-story. (1) This is being put out there by the same news group that put Comical Ali on the air during the second Iraq War (anyone remember how the Americans were suiciding themselves at the gates of Baghdad?). (2) The person who supposedly supplied the drugs recanted his testimony and nothing has been under oath. If he indeed did send HGH to the Mannings, there is a record of it, and his license can be revoked as it is a felony. (3) Even if he had used HGH, he would only be subject to a 4 game suspension (he sat out that entire season). (4) Peyton isn't really known for throwing fastballs, if your not throwing the ball more than 10 yards down the field, I'm not sure how much of a help HGH would provide. (5) He doesn't have any other signs of HGH use (other than his gigantic cranium, which he has had since his Tennessee days). (6) Quite honestly, if an athlete is trying to recover from an injury, there really shouldn't be an issue with a doctor prescribing them medicine to heal them, as nobody would question if any other human on the planet were written a prescription by a doctor for any other ailment.

Let me first say that I taught Payton Manning. Although he missed a fair number of classes, his work, work ethic, diligence, just everything about him screamed excellence. This was back when I was a TA in 95. All of that said, I wouldn't be surprised - at all - if the allegations were true.

Joe: Google Ben Johnson, watch the 30 for 30 about him and, when you have, come back here and defend a rewriting of what you wrote with Peyton Manning replaced by Ben Johnson and HGH replaced by steroids. (along with a few other minor changes....) See if you still agree with the statement then.

Drugs are a pox on sport. They endanger the participants, they corrupt everyone involved and, they even critically endanger the all important bottom line: sport relies on a certain mythology for its popularity. If it ever became widely known that the all time greats were that not because of only hard work and determination but because they had access to the best doctors, then the whole thing crumbles. I know it's easy to say 'everyone in the NFL does it' And we know that's probably true. But, widespread knowledge of it doesn't help the sport, and the fact of it doesn't make it right.

Peyton.....ugh.

I wouldn't put someone trying to recover from an injury on the same plane as a healthy athlete. Obviously Peyton had a very real injury if he underwent multiple surgeries and spent a whole year on the sidelines. Ben Johnson was just using stuff to get ahead, and it was obvious to everyone that he was on something. Take one look at Peyton and his dad bod and tell me you see someone who is juicing. Put another way, if you were to put the other 31 starting QBs in the league in a line-up and try to identify which one was using PEDs, he would probably be the 32nd one you would identify. The thing that makes him special is his ability to identify where to throw the ball, not how fast it gets there. If you just look at the physical signs of HGH use, they are not there. If you want to see someone who has used HGH, look at the sprinters and NFL players in the 90s with adult braces. I guess today they just use invisalign.

Yes because Guido is coming for him. He had to...

Hellooooo? wrote:

You seriously don't know who Ari Fleischer is? Have you been living under a rock?

Should I? I only read news any more. I feel dumber listening to the radio or watching TV for "news."

That is exactly why you should know who he is.

I don't believe any of this

cool story, moving on wrote:

Helloooooo? wrote:

So you're ok with the NFL trying to demean their best player?

I think Goodell only made a move when he was forced to, and then made one that made him "look tough" but that he knew was actually just a slap on the wrist that had no impact on anything important.

Sidenote: What would the NFL have done if it turned out that every team was deflating footballs? Changed the rule to allow for it, or punish everyone?

I'd say a 4 game suspension, $1M fine, and loss of 1st round draft pick is more than just a slap on the wrist.

rojo wrote:

MM3307 wrote:

The story was interesting but I wouldn't call it explosive. The most sensational allegations come from drug dealers who are trying to make themselves sound like a big deal to a potential client. I am sure there are grains of truth there but some of it sounds like he was embellishing. The fact that PEDs are not difficult to obtain and that there are unscrupulous doctors willing to help athletes cheat isn't news.

Are you guys crazy? For me this is HUGE news.

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Rojo you should know what explosive is because I've read it on your website. The ARD videos, Russian bribery, IAAF delaying sanctions until after major events; those were explosive stories. This story looks like it got butchered in the editing room unfortunately. Even if none of the allegations stick (and I don't think they will) at least it got the attention of average Americans who have been largely ignoring all the other stuff going on.