I've basically had a belief for a long time that Major League Baseball was part and parcel with steroid, HGH, and PED use during the Steroid Era.
However, in the latest accusation that appears to continue the thread that, if we had laws in this country to punish the economically important, football would cease to exist:
Eight former NFL players, including three members of the 1985 "Super Bowl Shuffle" Chicago Bears championship team, have sued the NFL.
Their charge: The NFL provided drugs and narcotics to the players to allow them to keep playing.
The NFL, according to the lawsuit, is drug-running painkillers and illegally-obtained drugs to allow players to get back on the field faster.
I mean, this is drug-pushing (several of the players reported being addicted to the pills by the end of their careers) to allow players to play, especially in high-profile contests.
If this is proven true... Hello, RICO Act, anybody?
The article lists Percodan, Percocet, Vicodin, Ambien, and "cocktail" combinations...
One drug, injected through the butt, Toradol, would numb the entire body and allow clearly injured players to play without pain.
How bad could it get? Former Bear Keith Van Horne alleges he actually played an entire season with a broken leg -- and didn't find out the leg was broken for a half-decade!!!
It is hoped this goes to trial, but widespread use of the Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination are expected.
How much more before someone basically takes the law into their own hands and tries to step in?
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