Yeah, talk about blowing this year up like it never happened and waking up in January like it was all a bad dream somehow. I don't ever recall another year when so much shit hit the fan.
This might help lower the cost of re-signing him (as opposed to letting him go for nothing like Bennett and Marshall).
I dunno. His cost is his cost. By the Bears sticking by him through this after losing him for half a year last year he may feel more obligated to accept a hometown discount or if we blow it all up and send Cutler packing he may decide he's better off somewhere too.
He'd be at the top of the UFA class no matter what and there will always be at least one team willing to pay him what he's asking. A PED suspension over a banned supplement isn't gonna be a big deal to many teams who need a WR like him.
This might help lower the cost of re-signing him (as opposed to letting him go for nothing like Bennett and Marshall).
I dunno. His cost is his cost. By the Bears sticking by him through this after losing him for half a year last year he may feel more obligated to accept a hometown discount or if we blow it all up and send Cutler packing he may decide he's better off somewhere too.
He'd be at the top of the UFA class no matter what and there will always be at least one team willing to pay him what he's asking. A PED suspension over a banned supplement isn't gonna be a big deal to many teams who need a WR like him.
True. And it's not like he was taking PEDs with the intention of losing fat and bulking up, it was a minor ingredient in a healthy supplement. It's unintentional and it happens to the best of 'em.
seriously though, how hard is it to look at the ingredients and compare them to a list? With 18 million a year, he could have paid somebody to check that for him. I would've done it for $1,000. Now it'll cost him millions.
I dunno. His cost is his cost. By the Bears sticking by him through this after losing him for half a year last year he may feel more obligated to accept a hometown discount or if we blow it all up and send Cutler packing he may decide he's better off somewhere too.
He'd be at the top of the UFA class no matter what and there will always be at least one team willing to pay him what he's asking. A PED suspension over a banned supplement isn't gonna be a big deal to many teams who need a WR like him.
True. And it's not like he was taking PEDs with the intention of losing fat and bulking up, it was a minor ingredient in a healthy supplement. It's unintentional and it happens to the best of 'em.
seriously though, how hard is it to look at the ingredients and compare them to a list? With 18 million a year, he could have paid somebody to check that for him. I would've done it for $1,000. Now it'll cost him millions.
Due to the nature of supplements they can have ingredients in them and not have to list them. Or they could be produced in the same factory as a banned substance get cross contaminated...sometimes a player really doesn't mean to take what they took. I'm not saying thats the case here or not...just saying it's not impossible..in fact it's highly likely. Often times when new supplements come on the market they will actually have some sort of banned substance in them so that they actually work, they'll blow up and then take that ingredient out and live off the rep thy built in the beginning stages. Dirty game that supplement game.
True. And it's not like he was taking PEDs with the intention of losing fat and bulking up, it was a minor ingredient in a healthy supplement. It's unintentional and it happens to the best of 'em.
seriously though, how hard is it to look at the ingredients and compare them to a list? With 18 million a year, he could have paid somebody to check that for him. I would've done it for $1,000. Now it'll cost him millions.
Due to the nature of supplements they can have ingredients in them and not have to list them. Or they could be produced in the same factory as a banned substance get cross contaminated...sometimes a player really doesn't mean to take what they took. I'm not saying thats the case here or not...just saying it's not impossible..in fact it's highly likely. Often times when new supplements come on the market they will actually have some sort of banned substance in them so that they actually work, they'll blow up and then take that ingredient out and live off the rep thy built in the beginning stages. Dirty game that supplement game.
Thanks for the info, i didn't realize that. The only supplements I take are A to Z (silver century version!), fish oil, and low dose aspirin...
Due to the nature of supplements they can have ingredients in them and not have to list them. Or they could be produced in the same factory as a banned substance get cross contaminated...sometimes a player really doesn't mean to take what they took. I'm not saying thats the case here or not...just saying it's not impossible..in fact it's highly likely. Often times when new supplements come on the market they will actually have some sort of banned substance in them so that they actually work, they'll blow up and then take that ingredient out and live off the rep thy built in the beginning stages. Dirty game that supplement game.
Thanks for the info, i didn't realize that. The only supplements I take are A to Z (silver century version!), fish oil, and low dose aspirin...
Yeah supplements are not regulated by the FDA. I could make a protein powder in my bath tub and sell it. You really have to be careful, even with stuff like fish oil...if it's not a good one that fish oil could be absolute crap.
