Comments on: Report: Brian Cushing takes a lie-detector test regarding four-game suspension

By: Bender12

Bender12 — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:38:10 +0000

Doesn’t matter who administered it, they aren’t admissible in court for a reason. We know they can be easily deceived. Thats why we have the good sense to not allow criminals and pathological liars to use them to influence naive people.
Just from reading these comments you can already see some people starting to have doubt.

By: jonesy1124

jonesy1124 — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:16:56 +0000

Who cares??? Seriously, athletes have been doing roids, or some form of enhancer, for more than 30 yrs

By: FumbleNuts

FumbleNuts — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:06:26 +0000

When did Cushing take the test?
Why did he take it?
Who administered it?
Don’t lie to me Focker!

By: TheRedBengal

TheRedBengal — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:16:24 +0000

Brian, just remember: it’s not a lie, if you believe it

By: God's Own Silver and Blue

God's Own Silver and Blue — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:12:16 +0000

Who the F puts a tack in their shoe.. MacGruber??
Well, if you want to take ALL the fun out of it …

By: SoCalSean

SoCalSean — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:45:27 +0000

God’s Own Silver and Blue:
Huh?? You’ve been watching way too much CSI or something.. Who the F puts a tack in their shoe.. MacGruber??

By: God's Own Silver and Blue

God's Own Silver and Blue — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:06:19 +0000

Just for the record, a polygraph test is insanely easy to spoof. All it takes is to secrete a tack or something sharp in your shoe and press a toe against it when you’re asked a “control” question such as, “Did you ever lie to get out of trouble?” (Because everybody has, and the polygraph operator knows it and knows you will lie like a rug 99 percent of the time when you answer that kind of all-encompassing question). Then, when you’re asked a “relevant” question such as, “Did you use any performance-enhancing drug during the month of October 2009?”, remove your toe from the tack and lie your ass off if you want to. The physical response will not be as marked as it was during the control question, and you’ll pass the test.
Since Cushing doesn’t seem to be contending that someone slipped him a steroid unwittingly, one thing he should do is authorize the NFL to disclose all details regarding his positive test
And why in the world would Cushing ever do that? It would do him absolutely no good if he did, as those who believe he’s juicing will continue to do so even if he released his medical records back to when he was playing Pee Wee.

By: FinFan

FinFan — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:34:31 +0000

I think Florio should take a lie detector test to find out if he really loves PAT WHITE

By: FreeAgentPro

FreeAgentPro — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:16:43 +0000

I get the impression that the same people that love to watch a NASCAR pileup are the people who come to PFT to see Florio get blown up by other posters. MAybe Florio is laughing all the way to the bank by playing the fool just to get hits on this site. Still, few people are so greedy to risk their professional rep for a few pieces of silver. Steve Smith summarized it best: few NFL players consider Florio as part of the media.

By: Greenantz

Greenantz — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:04:40 +0000

Phil Hernon……. WOW. Are you saying you know what he was taking?

By: HarrisonHits

HarrisonHits — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:59:16 +0000

“having access to the information on which the league relied in deciding to suspend Cushing would be far more persuasive than the assertion that he must not be a cheater because he “passed a lie detector test.”
Especially since lie detectors are not perfect and can be fooled. There’s a good reason they aren’t acceptable evidence in a courtroom.

By: Pantherfan10

Pantherfan10 — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:55:21 +0000

Lie detector tests are bullshit, did you know you can create conflicting results by simply clenching your butthole. It puts stress on an artery, thus affecting the blood flow and altering lie detector test results

By: benjua

benjua — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:34:14 +0000

pft claiming a schefter report might be false? now i’ve seen everything.

By: ethan robert

ethan robert — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:22:57 +0000

Random chemical analysis tests done in a lab sometimes fail to give conclusive results or fail to detect state of the art enhancers.
Instead the NFL is looking seriously into implementing the rigorous, fearsome, and seemingly infallible, Florio Bullshit-Meter Test.

By: Sow Crates

Sow Crates — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:16:54 +0000

(test administrator) “Have you ever knowingly and willingly taken any of the following:
1. Boldenone
2. Androstenedione
3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidotiousolone
4. Dromostanolone
5. Dihydrotestosterone
6. Methenolone”
7. Madeuptomakeapointolone.
(Cushing thinking) ‘Man, I don’t what was in those pills or needles’ (speaks) “No, I have not knowingly and willingly taken any of these substances”

By: MrHumble

MrHumble — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:16:52 +0000

Brian Cushing, aka Gaylord Focker……what a tool.

By: Phil Hernon

Phil Hernon — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:08:23 +0000

We may have seen Cushings’ Play at its zenith….if he stays ” natural” now, it will suffer….he can use HGH since it is undetectable……but anabolic/androgenic steroids ( AAS) put you at another level entirely…….good luck to him.

By: Drat

Drat — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:08:02 +0000

Lying about a lie detector test has to have a place on the highest pantheon of lying.
LT says he didn’t know she was too young. Vick said he didn’t know his associates were involved in dog fighting. Cushing tells us he didn’t know the health candy from a jar didn’t include steroids. Same story. Hubris.

By: nerd

nerd — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:03:39 +0000

Yep, he took and passed a lie detector test. Doesn’t say whether he took 20 more of them before finally passing one, does it?

By: Drat

Drat — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:00:07 +0000

Gotta admit, I agree with Florio on this one 100%. Cushing: eat your fruits and vegetables, especially high-protein-n-fat nuts, and eat a diet of seafood rich in polyunsaturated fats, with a careful selection of richer saturated fats high in protein. Keep hydrated. In other words, stay on mother’s orders. You may end up 15% lighter, but you’ll live 30% longer.
That healthshit that comes in cans and bottles? Send it to your opponents by mail, like LT sent hookers. Just as dangerous.

By: Section731

Section731 — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:59:53 +0000

who cares?

By: FAST

FAST — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:59:36 +0000

Now we have to believe him…… because no one has ever duped a lie detector before!
I understand why he took the test, I just can’t believe that he honestly would think that this would get him any credability.

By: doni

doni — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:59:24 +0000

The league is about as believeable as the Obama administration or Florio, take your pick!

By: kristoff

kristoff — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:55:39 +0000

Brian,evretime they ask u if u took HGH close ureyes and ask yourself: Can elephans fly,can elephants fly??? then yell out loud: Hell no!!!

By: Underwood

Underwood — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:53:44 +0000

I would think Schefter has just a little bit more credibility than Florio. I’m not saying that the guy didn’t take anything against the rules, but I fully believe that he didn’t take a “steroid.” There’s a lot of stuff on that list that isn’t exclusive to cheating.

By: etc...

etc... — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:53:25 +0000

So now we know that Cushing is a pathological liar as well as a juicer.

By: Phil Hernon

Phil Hernon — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:48:00 +0000

Ummmmmm, its NANDROLONE. Not the factthat I did 2 years for selling it….I’m just sayin.

By: PatricktheDookie

PatricktheDookie — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:43:57 +0000

Lawyers always hate lie detector tests.
The rest of us don’t really care either way.

By: bberyquiet

bberyquiet — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:43:05 +0000

Does everyone realize that the NFL hands out the 4 game suspension when you fail a SECOND drug test?? They do not report the first one, but a warning is given to the player.
So, he knew what he was doing wrong, and did it again, and wants us to believe a lie detector test will say that he didn’t know he was doing something wrong??
Ridiculous

By: akfinfan

akfinfan — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:42:36 +0000

Lie-Detector tests don’t mean anything, that’s why they are not admisable in court. It is very possible to “lie” and still pass.