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11-24-2003, 09:04 AM
Barret Robbins, linebacker Bill Romanowski and defensive linemen Dana Stubblefield and Chris Cooper
Here's why:
OAKLAND, Calif. (Nov. 20, 2003) -- NFL players who used the steroid THG before the league began testing for it will avoid possible suspensions until next season.
However, players who now test positive for the previously undetectable drug will face immediate discipline, including four-game suspensions, commissioner Paul Tagliabue said in a memo to NFL clubs.
No players have tested positive for THG since random testing began Oct. 6, the league and union said. About 1,000 samples have been tested.
Players who tested positive for THG in samples collected before Oct. 6 still could be fined this season, league spokesman Greg Aiello said.
Tagliabue wrote that there was "uncertainty whether suspensions based upon pre-Oct. 6 tests could be imposed during the 2003 season with the requisite competitive fairness for all 32 teams."
On Nov. 16, CBS reported that four members of the Oakland Raiders -- center Barret Robbins, linebacker Bill Romanowski and defensive linemen Dana Stubblefield and Chris Cooper -- had tested positive for THG. The NFL hasn't commented specifically on the Raiders, and the report didn't indicate when the samples were taken.
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The real ****ty part about all of this is if the rumors hold true for those four players and the league with holds suspensions until next year, Romanowski will most likely retire and miss his punishment. :mad:
I hope to GOD that there isn't a single starting player on the Bills roster that is on that list. Starting next season without certain starters would be devastating to this team.
Bills players that I have concerns with:
Takeo Spikes
Here's why:
OAKLAND, Calif. (Nov. 20, 2003) -- NFL players who used the steroid THG before the league began testing for it will avoid possible suspensions until next season.
However, players who now test positive for the previously undetectable drug will face immediate discipline, including four-game suspensions, commissioner Paul Tagliabue said in a memo to NFL clubs.
No players have tested positive for THG since random testing began Oct. 6, the league and union said. About 1,000 samples have been tested.
Players who tested positive for THG in samples collected before Oct. 6 still could be fined this season, league spokesman Greg Aiello said.
Tagliabue wrote that there was "uncertainty whether suspensions based upon pre-Oct. 6 tests could be imposed during the 2003 season with the requisite competitive fairness for all 32 teams."
On Nov. 16, CBS reported that four members of the Oakland Raiders -- center Barret Robbins, linebacker Bill Romanowski and defensive linemen Dana Stubblefield and Chris Cooper -- had tested positive for THG. The NFL hasn't commented specifically on the Raiders, and the report didn't indicate when the samples were taken.
http://www.nfl.com/partners/aol?http://www.nfl.com/
The real ****ty part about all of this is if the rumors hold true for those four players and the league with holds suspensions until next year, Romanowski will most likely retire and miss his punishment. :mad:
I hope to GOD that there isn't a single starting player on the Bills roster that is on that list. Starting next season without certain starters would be devastating to this team.
Bills players that I have concerns with:
Takeo Spikes