Merriman Conspiracy Theory........ (1 Viewer)

[ChampBailey24]

Everyone knows Deca is a steroid. Ive know this since the mid 1990s.

If Merriman is smart enough to dog the suspension system, he damn well knows he is juicing. I resent how these guys think we are dumb. I could care less if guys are juicing, just do not insult my intelligence. i would have much more respect if these guys simply came correct and admitted it. Big deal. But to lie and act like hes the victim is chickensh*t. i dont care how big and tough this guy thinks he is. he is a #### who cant take it like a man...

 

[johnnybronco]

I thought i saw he was injured Sunday and may not play. Then all of the sudden that story was gone and he was dropping his appeal.. If he feels strongly about the appeal he should stick with it. If he is injured he is just a low life..IMO If he did nothing wrong then stand by it

This is the story floating around Dallas area radio. Merriman would be out or questioanable for the next couple of weeks so he is dropping the appeal.

Where do people come up with this stuff? He was not injured. And it's no surprise that he's dropping his appeal so he can play in the second Denver game. It was widely discussed before the Rams game (check any Chargers message board).

although he did injure his heel and rumor was that he would be questionable this week, the bigger reason is that if he would have waited til Nov 7 and his appeal been heard, then if a decision wasn't made in 5 days he would play the Nov 12 game against Cincy, and then start sitting the next 4 games (Denver, Oakland, Buffalo, Denver). Even if the appeal is denied before the Nov 12 games, he then missses (Cincy, Denver, Oak, Buffalo) and comes back against the 2nd Denver game. Your first game back off a 4 game suspension is not going to be your best game from a conditioning point of view. Now you drop the appeal and serve immediately, miss 4 games (Clev, Cin, Den, Oak) and then come back to Buffalo and get 1 game under your belt before a monsterous game probably to stay in it for the division against Denver. San Diego should go 2-2 with wins over Clev and Oak, loss to Denver, and a fighting chance against Cincy. Denver in the mean time should go 3-1 (Pitts, Oak, SD, KC) or 4-0 in these next 4 games. If SD goes 2-2, and Den goes 4-0, then the division is over. The more likely scenario is that SD goes 2-2 and Denver goes 3-1. Which puts the Broncos up by 1 game. Merriman comes back, SD plays the Bills which should be a victory, but Denver plays Seattle who will be healthy. Realistically, they could be tied going into their 2nd tilt head to head, or Denver could be up by 1 game. Regardless of which, it is ESSENTIAL that Merriman be back for that 2nd Denver game.

 

[Sopranos]

Here is all i could find. The detailed one i saw was not a KFFL one and it said his statis was unknown

Chargers | Merriman should be able work Week 9

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:20:07 -0800

San Diego Chargers LB Shawne Merriman (heel) should be able to work Week 9.

 

[coolnerd]

I thought i saw he was injured Sunday and may not play. Then all of the sudden that story was gone and he was dropping his appeal.. If he feels strongly about the appeal he should stick with it. If he is injured he is just a low life..IMO If he did nothing wrong then stand by it

This is the story floating around Dallas area radio. Merriman would be out or questioanable for the next couple of weeks so he is dropping the appeal.

Where do people come up with this stuff? He was not injured. And it's no surprise that he's dropping his appeal so he can play in the second Denver game. It was widely discussed before the Rams game (check any Chargers message board).

although he did injure his heel and rumor was that he would be questionable this week, the bigger reason is that if he would have waited til Nov 7 and his appeal been heard, then if a decision wasn't made in 5 days he would play the Nov 12 game against Cincy, and then start sitting the next 4 games (Denver, Oakland, Buffalo, Denver). Even if the appeal is denied before the Nov 12 games, he then missses (Cincy, Denver, Oak, Buffalo) and comes back against the 2nd Denver game. Your first game back off a 4 game suspension is not going to be your best game from a conditioning point of view. Now you drop the appeal and serve immediately, miss 4 games (Clev, Cin, Den, Oak) and then come back to Buffalo and get 1 game under your belt before a monsterous game probably to stay in it for the division against Denver. San Diego should go 2-2 with wins over Clev and Oak, loss to Denver, and a fighting chance against Cincy. Denver in the mean time should go 3-1 (Pitts, Oak, SD, KC) or 4-0 in these next 4 games. If SD goes 2-2, and Den goes 4-0, then the division is over. The more likely scenario is that SD goes 2-2 and Denver goes 3-1. Which puts the Broncos up by 1 game. Merriman comes back, SD plays the Bills which should be a victory, but Denver plays Seattle who will be healthy. Realistically, they could be tied going into their 2nd tilt head to head, or Denver could be up by 1 game. Regardless of which, it is ESSENTIAL that Merriman be back for that 2nd Denver game.

So essentailly he (or the Chargers) manipulated the appeal system like players do all the time in baseball.

 

[johnnybronco]

So essentailly he (or the Chargers) manipulated the appeal system like players do all the time in baseball.

coolnerd, to sum it, EXACTLY

 

[TwinTurbo]

Does anyone believe for a minute that these guys don't know what's in the supplements they are taking?

I have no idea, and neither do you.

oK, let's put it this way. Knowing what you know about numerous nfl players banned for taking illegal substances in 'supplements' how would you characterize the intelligence/motives of a player who continues to use 'supplements' with unknown substances in them?

I think Merriman should have been safe and only used supplements approved by the NFL. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the line of supplements approved by the NFL, so it's difficult to comment on Merriman's reasons for using over the counter supplements not approved by the NFL, as is the rumor.Merriman was dominant in college, dominant at the combine, dominant as a rookie, and dominant through this half season. I don't understand why he would begin using one of the most well known and easily detectable steriods when he knows he's being tested, and while he's playing at an extremely high level without steroids. Makes no logical sense.

This is pure speculation on my part but one explanation may be that Merriman was given the wrong steroid (by accident or on purpose) and injected Deca believing it was something else. This is how Ben Johnson, the former Canadian Olympic sprinter, was probably caught. He tested positive for Stanzanol (Winstrol) which is an easily detectable steroid like Deca Durabolin. No Olympic athlete in their right mind would have taken Winstrol. But some believe that he was slipped this steroid instead of his usual designer 'roids that were undetectable. I agree that it would be extremely stupid for any NFL athlete to inject Deca. There's no way to mask it and it's easy to test for. I'd like to think Merriman took the higher road. But I'm also not stupid enough to believe that you can accidentally injest Nandrolone from an over the counter supplement. That would be virtually impossible. Nandrolone is not effective if taken orally. It must be injected. There isn't even a transdermal patch for this stuff. You need a syringe to use it. Nandrolone and it's related prohormones are also an illegal Schedule III controlled substance. As a result, no supplement company would include this substance.

This is also why Merriman hasn't revealed the faulty supplement. Because it almost certainly doesn't exist. Even the prohormone supplements like Andro have been taken off the shelves for some time now after Congress and Bush passed the ban and added them to the same list as anabolic steroids. If he did somehow manage to test positive from a prohormone supplement, I would love to know where he got it from. They are illegal along with the drug Nandrolone.

 

[icehouse]

Does anyone believe for a minute that these guys don't know what's in the supplements they are taking?

I have no idea, and neither do you.

oK, let's put it this way. Knowing what you know about numerous nfl players banned for taking illegal substances in 'supplements' how would you characterize the intelligence/motives of a player who continues to use 'supplements' with unknown substances in them?

I think Merriman should have been safe and only used supplements approved by the NFL. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the line of supplements approved by the NFL, so it's difficult to comment on Merriman's reasons for using over the counter supplements not approved by the NFL, as is the rumor.Merriman was dominant in college, dominant at the combine, dominant as a rookie, and dominant through this half season. I don't understand why he would begin using one of the most well known and easily detectable steriods when he knows he's being tested, and while he's playing at an extremely high level without steroids. Makes no logical sense.

This is pure speculation on my part but one explanation may be that Merriman was given the wrong steroid (by accident or on purpose) and injected Deca believing it was something else. This is how Ben Johnson, the former Canadian Olympic sprinter, was probably caught. He tested positive for Stanzanol (Winstrol) which is an easily detectable steroid like Deca Durabolin. No Olympic athlete in their right mind would have taken Winstrol. But some believe that he was slipped this steroid instead of his usual designer 'roids that were undetectable. I agree that it would be extremely stupid for any NFL athlete to inject Deca. There's no way to mask it and it's easy to test for. I'd like to think Merriman took the higher road. But I'm also not stupid enough to believe that you can accidentally injest Nandrolone from an over the counter supplement. That would be virtually impossible. Nandrolone is not effective if taken orally. It must be injected. There isn't even a transdermal patch for this stuff. You need a syringe to use it. Nandrolone and it's related prohormones are also an illegal Schedule III controlled substance. As a result, no supplement company would include this substance.

This is also why Merriman hasn't revealed the faulty supplement. Because it almost certainly doesn't exist. Even the prohormone supplements like Andro have been taken off the shelves for some time now after Congress and Bush passed the ban and added them to the same list as anabolic steroids. If he did somehow manage to test positive from a prohormone supplement, I would love to know where he got it from. They are illegal along with the drug Nandrolone.

If it is impossible why doesn't someone call his lying ### out about it? Imagine if this were Barry Bonds......

 

[tommyGunZ]

Does anyone believe for a minute that these guys don't know what's in the supplements they are taking?

I have no idea, and neither do you.

oK, let's put it this way. Knowing what you know about numerous nfl players banned for taking illegal substances in 'supplements' how would you characterize the intelligence/motives of a player who continues to use 'supplements' with unknown substances in them?

I think Merriman should have been safe and only used supplements approved by the NFL. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the line of supplements approved by the NFL, so it's difficult to comment on Merriman's reasons for using over the counter supplements not approved by the NFL, as is the rumor.Merriman was dominant in college, dominant at the combine, dominant as a rookie, and dominant through this half season. I don't understand why he would begin using one of the most well known and easily detectable steriods when he knows he's being tested, and while he's playing at an extremely high level without steroids. Makes no logical sense.

This is pure speculation on my part but one explanation may be that Merriman was given the wrong steroid (by accident or on purpose) and injected Deca believing it was something else. This is how Ben Johnson, the former Canadian Olympic sprinter, was probably caught. He tested positive for Stanzanol (Winstrol) which is an easily detectable steroid like Deca Durabolin. No Olympic athlete in their right mind would have taken Winstrol. But some believe that he was slipped this steroid instead of his usual designer 'roids that were undetectable. I agree that it would be extremely stupid for any NFL athlete to inject Deca. There's no way to mask it and it's easy to test for. I'd like to think Merriman took the higher road. But I'm also not stupid enough to believe that you can accidentally injest Nandrolone from an over the counter supplement. That would be virtually impossible. Nandrolone is not effective if taken orally. It must be injected. There isn't even a transdermal patch for this stuff. You need a syringe to use it. Nandrolone and it's related prohormones are also an illegal Schedule III controlled substance. As a result, no supplement company would include this substance.

This is also why Merriman hasn't revealed the faulty supplement. Because it almost certainly doesn't exist. Even the prohormone supplements like Andro have been taken off the shelves for some time now after Congress and Bush passed the ban and added them to the same list as anabolic steroids. If he did somehow manage to test positive from a prohormone supplement, I would love to know where he got it from. They are illegal along with the drug Nandrolone.

Thanks for this post TT - helps my understanding of the situation.

 

[GRIDIRON ASSASSIN]

The players are only 'supposed to be taking' supplements by EAS as provided by their team - they're guaranteed not to violate NFL rules.

So all of this other Merriman banter is BS spin by him.

The boys on Inside the NFL did a good job of calling the liar out. They compared his story to "my dog ate my homework". In other words, he's full of ####.

 

[Flyin Pigs]

Great stuff TwinTurbo...thx.

 

[brettdj]

Should San Diego have to forfeit the game he played in while he was on the juice(failed test) It was not fair for him to play in that game.

Also if the NFL was serious about steroids, they should test all players, every game. And have testing during the offseason for all players at every team sanctioned minicamp, training camp.

The NFL would probably say it costs too much, but yet they make billions.

 

[cobalt_27]

Does anyone believe for a minute that these guys don't know what's in the supplements they are taking?

I have no idea, and neither do you.

Always the steroid, thug apologist.