Wade Wilson facing suspension for drugs

[Claws for Concern]

Wade Wilson, former NFL QB and now a coach with the Dallas Cowboys, is facing suspension for drugs, including some banned by the NFL. It was done while he was coaching with the Bears. Lovie Smith said he was surprised by the admission. Wilson said it was to combat diabetes.


http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/cs-haugh-onbear02sep02,1,5361652.story?coll=cs-sports-print

 

[Barsuk]

I was wondering when someone would start a thread on this. My question: Why does Wade Wilson, an assistant coach, get five games for HGH, while Rodney Harrison, a player, gets four games?

That's ridiculous.

 

[Joe Williams]

Somewhere, Bobby Layne and Tommy Kramer are laughing their laughing their asses off at boy scout Wade Wilson, as a coach, getting busted for "drugs."

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Wilson said it was to combat diabetes.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/cs-haugh-onbear02sep02,1,5361652.story?coll=cs-sports-print

Poppycock! I've had diabeetus for years and I've never used anything that I didn't get from Liberty Medical Supplies! Punk ass!

 

[mike311gd]

Meat, you have no idea how enormous my level of disdain for all things Wilford Brimley is. He single-handedly ruin nearly every episode of The Price Is Right. I want to di-a-beat-him.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Meat, you have no idea how enormous my level of disdain for all things Wilford Brimley is. He single-handedly ruin nearly every episode of The Price Is Right. I want to di-a-beat-him.

It's not a Price is Right without the Horns of Fail, diabeetus and a Scooter Store ad.

 

[BTExpress]

Meat, you have no idea how enormous my level of disdain for all things Wilford Brimley is. He single-handedly ruin nearly every episode of The Price Is Right. I want to di-a-beat-him.

I disagree!

The Price Is Right was forever ruined the day they fired Holly.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

That explains why Carrie Underwood might have been attracted to Tony Romo.

 

[Pilot]

Wilson said it was to combat diabetes.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/cs-haugh-onbear02sep02,1,5361652.story?coll=cs-sports-print

Poppycock! I've had diabeetus for years and I've never used anything that I didn't get from Liberty Medical Supplies! Punk ass!

"Look, coach, you check your blood sugar and you check it often. There's no reason not to."

 

[Starman]

Wilson said it was to combat diabetes.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/cs-haugh-onbear02sep02,1,5361652.story?coll=cs-sports-print

Poppycock! I've had diabeetus for years and I've never used anything that I didn't get from Liberty Medical Supplies! Punk ass!

"Look, coach, you check your blood sugar and you check it often. There's no reason not to."

It's the right thing to do. ::) ::)

 

[Calvin Hobbes]

Meat, you have no idea how enormous my level of disdain for all things Wilford Brimley is. He single-handedly ruin nearly every episode of The Price Is Right. I want to di-a-beat-him.

I disagree!

The Price Is Right was forever ruined the day they fired Holly.

Right you are.

 

[21]

I don't know what I think about this, I'm just asking: If he wasn't taking HGH to improve his performance, ie, CHEATING, is it the league's business how a guy manages his personal medical care?

 

[Mystery_Meat]

I don't know what I think about this, I'm just asking: If he wasn't taking HGH to improve his performance, ie, CHEATING, is it the league's business how a guy manages his personal medical care?

Opens the barn door, maybe? If HGH for "personal medical care" is permitted, then athletes find doctors who call them pre-diabetic or something and give them what they want, free from NFL reprisal.

 

[deskslave]

I don't know what I think about this, I'm just asking: If he wasn't taking HGH to improve his performance, ie, CHEATING, is it the league's business how a guy manages his personal medical care?

Opens the barn door, maybe? If HGH for "personal medical care" is permitted, then athletes find doctors who call them pre-diabetic or something and give them what they want, free from NFL reprisal.

I think the issue is more with the way he obtained them, which seems to have been illegal, or at the least very shady.

 

[Barsuk]

But what I don't get is why a coach gets one more game for using PEDs than a player gets for using PEDs. It makes no sense to me.

 

[21]

Sounds like he got the stiffer punishment because coaches should be held to a higher standard, according to the commish.

I understand the illegality issue, in terms of the purchase. I just don't know if the league should be judging the personal medical choices made by its coaches.

And I could totally argue the opposite.

 

[Pilot]

Don't. Even. Think. About. It.

 

[forever_town]

Best line in the whole story: "His blood pressure had started to rise, for reasons not related to coaching the ups and downs of Rex Grossman."

Unless the Bears or the Cowboys were planning on suiting Wilson up, I don't see how this provides anyone a competitive advantage. The only way I can see legitimizing a suspension of Wilson is to let him serve as an example to the players. Even then, that's spurious at best.

 

[Yawn]

Wilson said it was to combat diabetes.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/cs-haugh-onbear02sep02,1,5361652.story?coll=cs-sports-print

Poppycock! I've had diabeetus for years and I've never used anything that I didn't get from Liberty Medical Supplies! Punk ass!

"Look, coach, you check your blood sugar and you check it often. There's no reason not to."

It's the right thing to do. ::) ::)

And I bet Wade got charged for shipping.

 

[pallister]

"His blood pressure had started to rise, for reasons not related to coaching the ups and downs of Rex Grossman."

:D