The guy took something he wasn’t allowed to take and I’m all for him being suspended for that, however if it was not a bulk building steroid it really wasn’t your place to speculate that he took a steroid to add bulk. You’re out of line on that original article because you decided to play detective and connect some dots. Turns out he didn’t gain 50 lbs and now you’ve written a story with no merit.

That being said to start your PFT article about him getting busted for PEDs with how he was “boasting about gaining 50lbs” was basically inferring that he was guilty of using steroids.

The man is getting screwed by the NFL over paperwork and a faux attempt to look like it cares about PEDs.(still no HGH testing??) And you’re leading the readers to believe how he must of been on steroids or else why doesn’t he come clean and how did he gain all of that “phantom” weight? Please! I feel bad for the guy for not only loosing his job on a bs reason, but having his name drug through mud by the media.

60 Black, Jordan OL 6-5 305 32 7 Notre Dame

According to Jordan Black, this prescription was approved by the league before signing with the team (It is safe to assume that the team required such verification before finalizing the deal). If this is true, I can definitely understand why he’s angry. The league says it’s cool but later changes their mind… ??
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pickskins says: Dec 18, 2012 9:57 PM

The Americans with Disabilities Act includes ADHD as a disability.

The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, was established by Congress in 1990. The purpose of the law is to end discrimination in the workplace and to provide equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
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What confuses me, and I’m guessing I missed something as this story unfolded, is how ADHD medicine would even begin to enter the picture in this whole situation.

The story was initially broken in the context of Black gaining 50 pounds and being busted for PEDs. While PEDs, especially this season, have meant Adderall or a similar ADHD-controlling amphetamine, both medical professionals and personal experience can attest to ADHD medications’ chief side-effect being extensive, rapid, and uncontrollable weight-loss.

It’s difficult to imagine that an NFL offensive lineman, especially the self-described “smallest tackle in the league”, would be using a medicine that makes it difficult to maintain weight in a job that definitively requires being extremely heavy.

While the NFL should probably re-examine it’s entire position on ADHD medication, it should definitely consider looking into the role of the drug and the position of the player. For linemen, maybe Adderall should be considered a performance inhibiting drug, and teams be compensated with draft picks or salary cap increases for starting linemen with Adderall prescriptions.

Now I understand that most PFT readers have absolutely no sense of humor, so I’ll lay out very clearly that the first three paragraphs were an actual post, while the last was just a joke to lighten the mood.

Danetoe- he tarnished his own legacy already dumbass, he FAILED the appeal. Its nobody’s fault but his, and trying to blame a reporter who drew a conclusion based on info provided by a major newspaper is ridiculous. Who cares about the jobber O lineman besides Redskins fans?
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Such a shame the legacy of a third string lineman had to be tarnished like that. Just as he was closing in on the all-time record for most consecutive seasons without starting a game. Guess you can kiss that bust in Canton buh-bye, Jordan.

I know plenty of people who have been diagnosed with ADHD…myself included. Adderall when used correctly can help a lot.

The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, was established by Congress in 1990. The purpose of the law is to end discrimination in the workplace and to provide equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Don’t you care since you read the article AND are commenting on it?

MDS is correct that players made a bad bargain in not allowing the league to publicize the drugs involved in suspensions. Sometimes these are nothing more than OTC supplements made to seem more sinister by the secrecy. The league needs to revamp its peds policy to to ban only those substances like steroids that are truly harmful to players’ health and well-being.

Rex Ryan

Meeeeow! Saucer of milk, table two.”

I seriously LOL’d

I, of course, am not talking about Sherman………He should be allowed to keep playing without penalty………the rest of the league, however, should comply………Okay, if he really is guilty, he should sit out too……….

“OMG but then he was all like, ‘He gained like 50 pounds’ and I was all like, ‘Yeah, maybe more like 7 pounds… OF MUSCLE’… and then he was all like, ‘What-Ev-Er like I would even lie about that… so Grody’ and I was all like, ‘Yeah… well if the shoe fits, buddy’”