The Saints Cant Even Win While Cheating

Deuce (ouch) and Will Smith have tested positive for steroids (or maybe something else).

http://community.myfoxcolorado.com/blogs/Denvr_Sports_Insider

 

"A player not on steroids gets whooped"-Jim Mora Sr.

 

If true, Saints' season:

 

McAllister, Smith among players reportedly testing positive

A number of NFL players -- including Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints -- have tested positive under the NFL's steroid policy as a result of taking water pills to lose weight, according to a report from Fox 31-Denver reporter Josina Anderson.

Deuce McAllister

McAllister
Will Smith

Smith
Anderson's report cited "a rash of positive tests." The number is more than 10 and may exceed 15, two sources have told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

Attorney David Cornwell told Mortensen he has been retained by "a number of players" to represent them in the NFL appeals process, but Cornwell wouldn't say who those players were or the exact number who have retained his legal services.

Smith's listed agent, Joel Segal, was not immediately available to comment, according to Fox 31-Denver. A representative for McAllister's agent, Jim Steiner, said the agent would call that station back.

Under the NFL's steroid policy, a player's first positive test results in a four-game suspension.

According to Anderson's report, McAllister and Smith are part of a group that tested positive for a diuretic known as Bumetanide. Others tested positive for a different substance.

"Most of them tested positive for Bumetanide," said the league source, according to Fox 31-Denver. "The last few tested positive for another substance that works similarly."

A source told Fox 31-Denver that Bumetanide "can also mask the use of other drugs or steroids."

Bumetanide is a drug belonging to a group of medicines called loop diuretics or "water pills." Its uses include the treatment of fluid retention and swelling caused by medical conditions such as congestive heart failure, liver disease, and kidney disease, Fox 31-Denver reported.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3661845

 

the peak of patheticness continues.

this is just straight up sad.

 

So, they are testing positive for a drug that can cover steroids. None of these guys are actually testing positive for steroids. So what is the big bloody deal?

 

there is no other reason to take it if not to cover up for the roids.

and if I am not mistaken, this 'water pill' is on the list of banned substances anyway, so even if they were clean of the roids, they were still in violation.

 

This is not true. One of the uses is to eliminate swelling in injured joints, which is very logical need for an athlete. However, I think that probably is not the case here.

 

I know that it is used for steroid coverups, but there is still other uses for them. IF they want to be strict about steroid use, then test every player single week for steroids.

Just because there might be a little blood on my pantleg does not mean that i am the Zodiac Killer. (sorry was watching that movie)

 

ESPN NFL Live is saying the Saints guys were using this to cut weight.

But it's really beside the issue, because it's on the "DO NOT USE" list, so it's still manditory 4 games if this proves true.