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Could This Spur An NFL Version Of The Mitchell Report?
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Something Tells Me No One Will Care About This, Even Though They Should
>7 days ago
I'm sure you remember when everyone got in a tizzy about the Mitchell Report. It was great times. Who're they going to name? Who can we make "taking it in the butt" jokes about from now until eternity?It also served a purpose, which was to help clean up the game. Granted, it was sort of half-assed approach, but whatever, it was at least something.
And now we may have something similar for the NFL.
David Jacobs, a convicted steroids dealer from Texas provided documentary evidence to NFL officials on Wednesday that his lawyer said tied several players to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Now, stop and think about that for one second. Do you even care? The answer is probably not as much as you did about baseball players potentially using steroids.
The fact of the matter is that I wouldn't be surprised at all if a majority of the NFL was juicing, in fact I'd be shocked if they weren't.
When Gale Sayers played pro football (1965-1971), there wasn't a single 300-lb. lineman in the game. In 1990, there were 39 players who weighed 300 lbs. or more. Today, there are over 300 guys in the league who tilt the scales at 300 lbs. or more. And not only that, they're faster and stronger than they used to be. And that doesn't just come from eating more.
Shawne Merriman is listed at 6-4, 272-lbs. and supposedly runs the 40 in 4.6. The average linebacker in the NFL right now according to the Elias Sports Bureau weighs 242-lbs. Dick Butkus (1965-1973), one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history and considered an absolute monster in his day, was 6-3, 244-lbs., which would make him an average sized linebacker in today's NFL.
The truth is that everyone who plays in the NFL is a physical freak to some degree, since that's what the job demands. It's always been that way. But, over time, people who play in the NFL have become more than just physical freaks, they've become pharmalogically modified freaks.
Zach Thomas, formerly with the Dolphins and now with Cowboys is, by all accounts, a very small linebacker by NFL standards. He's 5-11, 230 lbs. Meaning he outweighs me by more than 60-lbs. even though we're the same height. But those extra 60-lbs. aren't fat. They're primarily muscle. Needless to say, that's unnatural.
We've seen guys like Merriman, Julius Peppers, Rodney Harrison, and countless other individuals receive suspensions for either steroids or HGH or God only knows what. We've also seen guys like Brian Urlacher morph from a college safety into a 258-lb. linebacker at the pro level. This kind of pharmalogical modification isn't the exception anymore - it's basically the rule.
And even though we see this happening, we don't really care.
So as much as I'd like to think this report could actually spur a Mitchell Report of the NFL to help the league try and tackle what is a rampant league-wide performance-enhancing drug problem, I know it won't happen. And that's primarily because no one - fans, the owners making money, and the players getting paid - will let it happen.
Steroid dealer provides the NFL with Evidence [NY Times]
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