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David Jacobs, a convicted steroids distributor who already has been linked to veteran lineman Matt Lehr, now says that he wants to help “clean up” pro football.
“I want to help them understand the loopholes, how I was able to help people beat the tests, and how prevalent steroid use is,” Jacobs said after a sentencing hearing on Thursday. Jacobs received three years’ probation, and he must pay a $25,000 fine.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Dallas Morning News that the league is interested in speaking to Jacobs.
But Jacobs says he’s not interested in naming names. “I don’t want to ruin anyone’s life,” he said. “I just want to make things right. I got into this to help people, and I want to finish it helping people.”
Though we’re not sure what Jacobs can add to the league’s ongoing efforts to catch steroids users, working with him can’t hurt. If he had indeed been providing steroids to players who haven’t gotten caught, Jacobs clearly knows a thing or two about using steroids in a way that avoids detection.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Clean it up? Clean what up? The shield is shining brighter than ever.
They have it all under control with some of the toughest, most random testing policy in all of sports.
Rodney Harrison Grew, Healed and learned his lesson. Shawn Merriman said missing those 4 games was the toughest thing he has had to go through on the Mike Tirico show. There is no way he would risk another suspension, right?
No telling what a college guy who is no longer tested by the NCAA, but also is not yet tested by the NFL may be taking to shave .2 seconds off a 40 time, add 10 pounds of muscle, 5 inches to his vertical, 3 or 4 more reps of 225 than they were tested at 2 months ago at the combine.
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May 3rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
This is fine, but isn’t the bigger problem HGH?
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May 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
And Pac-Man Jones wants to clean up his act. That doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen.
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May 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
So David Jacob asserts:
“I got into this to help people”
Sure he did… himself. Steroids padded his arms and his pocket and now he’s gonna roll on it in order to “help people”. Right.
SSS
- I smell a rat
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May 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Maybe some day the media will cover anabolics in a truthful manner, without all the bullshit scare tactics. Search PubMed and you’ll find plenty of studies showing that anabolics are generally safe and that so called roid rage happens in about 5-10% of users and is perhaps the result of other drug use and/or pre-existing personality disorders.
The real problem is that too many people use anabolics and HGH without proper medical supervision. And, just like any other drug, that is a dangerous thing. But our nanny state does not want to let us determine what we put into our bodies (see for example, ma huang).
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
He may not have a choice in the matter as to weather he names names. If this guy actually has valuable information, congress will eventually stick their noses in and he’ll be forced to come clean. Unless of course he lies under oath. Because that never happens….
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