Ray Lewis, the central figure (almost certainly) in the surge of the Baltimore Ravens in his final season, could face league scrutiny to play in the Super Bowl. Reports have surfaced that Lewis, to treat the triceps injury which effectively made his decision to retire and to return for these playoffs, went to a group called SWATS (Sports With Alternatives To Steroids).
SWATS is reported to have given a deer-antler extract spray to Lewis. That spray contains a substance called IGF-1, a banned substance by the NFL.
Lewis is reported to have told SI that he may have used the substance, but that he did not tell the Ravens that he had.
This was the transcript of an exchange Yahoo! Sports obtained of a phone call Lewis had with SWATS:
Ross prescribed a deluxe program, including holographic stickers on the right elbow; copious quantities of the powder additive; sleeping in front of a beam-ray light programmed with frequencies for tissue regeneration and pain relief; drinking negatively charged water; a 10-per-day regimen of the deer-antler pills that will "rebuild your brain via your small intestines" (and which Lewis said he hadn't been taking, then swallowed four during the conversation); and spritzes of deer-antler velvet extract (the Ultimate Spray) every two hours.
"Spray on my elbow every two hours?" Lewis asked.
"No," Ross said, "under your tongue."
Toward the end of the talk, Lewis asked Ross to "just pile me up and just send me everything you got, because I got to get back on this this week."Needless to say, if this gets any degree of legs, the 49ers just got their sixth title.
Well that just does it. Not to mention I cannot stand how they are hyping this Super Bowl up over him. I just can't forget how the NFL has covered up Ray Lewis' past. I am taking the Niners big time now. I had them before, but this just guarantees it. Who else wants Ray to win another ring? Definitively not me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you though, if this is true, the Niners are going to get their 6th set of championship rings.
The only reason that I felt the NFL would do this is that it legitimized, de-stigmatized, and mainstreamed a ghetto, inner-city, violent thug culture in the "athletes" of the National Felon League.
DeleteThis is why I thought they'd give Lewis another ring on the way out.
Today was not a good day if you honestly believe that the Baltimore Ravens are going to win, between Lewis' drug possibilities, and Flacco's comments about cold-weather Super Bowls, I'm now about 60-40 on San Francisco to win the game.