Said that he would take adderall before games, microdose mushshrooms, and that he was once cleared to play 2 weeks after being paralyzed for 3 hours.
“I couldn't move. But team doctors said you're good." |
There has been a few players recently speaking out about team doctors. It seems to be an open secret that painkillers are very liberally distributed in the NFL too (like toradol injections). Do you think more stringent rules are coming as it relates to player health/team medical? I'm not sure how the NFLPA would feel about more transparency when it comes to that.
Certainly, Mahommes may well have been treated with something to get through those games the way he did. Although, the DRs I see in the VA and my dentist think I am insane for the level of pain I am willing to endure without pharmaceuticals.
I will be the one to advocate for anything natural in reasonable quantities. If I could use something, I would. My current career doesn't allow anything big pharma deems a threat to their bottom line. Hopefully that will change before I leave this world as it is one of the very few things that helps people that have permanent injury.
I don’t crew how much they test for PEDs. My experience tells me players will push everything boundary to get an edge. Think all of that stuff is good long term?
Whoa, that makes me think of a picture of Feliciano from last year where it looked like a blood stain on his rearend. I always thought tbe picture was fake or just dye that rubbed off from the field...maybe not
Didn't they stop testing for cannabis? That's a step in the right direction.
+1
The NFL is playing with fire by keeping the rosters limited, while expanding the number of games played. Honestly, the rosters should be expanded to 70 players (get rid of the practice squad), and you should have at least 3 byes during the regular season, to allow players to heal up.
Going to 3-4 byes would allow the NFL to keep the extended season, and still give all the networks enough games to fulfill their contracts. You'd get better play, too.
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Clearly, standards of care are needed and more transparency (league review of diagnosis / treatment) would be ideal. However, a more immediate remedy would be expansion of active rosters, reducing some pressure to get players back on the field too quickly before they healed. Owners would probably veto.
+1
The NFL is playing with fire by keeping the rosters limited, while expanding the number of games played. Honestly, the rosters should be expanded to 70 players (get rid of the practice squad), and you should have at least 3 byes during the regular season, to allow players to heal up.
Going to 3-4 byes would allow the NFL to keep the extended season, and still give all the networks enough games to fulfill their contracts. You'd get better play, too.
This, this, this and more this.
Who cares if I can run a team of 100 players at $2M apiece?
Alas, it will never be.