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Jake Knott suspended for PEDs.
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First time offenders get a "slap on the wrist" of 4 game suspension no pay. What do repeat offenders get?
I really don't care if Jake took PEDs or not, because lets be honest, a lot, if not most NFL players have taken or will take PEDs at some point in their careers. Not all get caught though. Hell, they don't even test for HGH in the NFL (at least they didn't, but were trying to work something out last year. Not sure what ever happened with that.) But, you can bet yours *** more than a few players are taking HGH simply because they don't even test for it.
I train athletes for a living (from young kids to pro level) and you can usually tell if somebody is using. And if some kid takes PEDs to get a full ride scholly to a D-1 school, more power to him. If some collegiate athlete takes PEDs to make it pro, good for him. Pro athletes are generally pro because of genes, so its not like anybody can take PEDs and become a world class athlete. Competition and level of play is just increasing so fast that Pro's need to take PEDs to keep up or take them to heal faster after an injury.
I agree with the couple of previous posters who said, they either need to open the gates and just let PEDs be legal, or they need to test every player before every game. Because a lot of people are taking PEDs and a lot of them aren't getting caught. So, don't label Jake a horrible person because he got caught. Whether he took PEDs unbeknownst to him or not, I don't care.
I think Dave Tate, EliteFTS founder, has a nice opinion on PEDs in this video. The whole 11 min video is entertaining, but he really gets into it at 5:15. (warning: strong language)
[video=youtube;R7WUHVA9lqE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7WUHVA9lqE[/video]
I train athletes for a living (from young kids to pro level) and you can usually tell if somebody is using. And if some kid takes PEDs to get a full ride scholly to a D-1 school, more power to him. If some collegiate athlete takes PEDs to make it pro, good for him. Pro athletes are generally pro because of genes, so its not like anybody can take PEDs and become a world class athlete. Competition and level of play is just increasing so fast that Pro's need to take PEDs to keep up or take them to heal faster after an injury.
I agree with the couple of previous posters who said, they either need to open the gates and just let PEDs be legal, or they need to test every player before every game. Because a lot of people are taking PEDs and a lot of them aren't getting caught. So, don't label Jake a horrible person because he got caught. Whether he took PEDs unbeknownst to him or not, I don't care.
I think Dave Tate, EliteFTS founder, has a nice opinion on PEDs in this video. The whole 11 min video is entertaining, but he really gets into it at 5:15. (warning: strong language)
[video=youtube;R7WUHVA9lqE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7WUHVA9lqE[/video]
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I assume the best in people. And I think jake always was a high class guy and this could be an error or judgement or legit supplement issue.
But, in this day and age, if my team trainer didn't hand it to me, I'd be extremely cautious (and if they did hand it to me, would want it all documented). This is a very costly mistake.
Is some history of farmers giving animals steroids,antibiotics and other stuff which has caused a uproar among some folk.
Oh so you think Jake is going to talk about it more? Or somehow more information is going to come out?
I don't think so.
Question for Chris Williams---are we pretending that he didn't know what he was taking after dozens and dozens of players before him have plead ignorance.
Also, are we pretending he didn't take them while at Iowa State?
Or did he?
From this article:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...04/04/jake-knott-suspended-by-eagles/7315419/
"We're very disappointed to learn of his suspension," according to an Eagles statement. "We have spoken to Jake, and he is fully aware of the mistake he made and owned (up to) it. The key for him, however, is to learn from that mistake, and move forward with his preparation for the 2014 season."
I know if dozens of players had been fined for taking illegal substances before me, I'd take a bunch of "unknown" stuff that hadn't been approved by the team and then plead ignorance.
"What? I had no idea. I take responsibility, but I had no idea. How could i have known? Oh, ask the team and the team or league or the people they employ to take care of these very issues? No, I didn't want to bother them…so I just took it and must plead ignorance…but I had no idea…didn't know at all."
"What? I had no idea. I take responsibility, but I had no idea. How could i have known? Oh, ask the team and the team or league or the people they employ to take care of these very issues? No, I didn't want to bother them…so I just took it and must plead ignorance…but I had no idea…didn't know at all."
CycloneErik
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Yes. He is a cheater.
Regardless of what he says, he'd have to ask us to believe that he was mentally challenged for us to believe he didn't know.
I guess it comes down to whether or not Jake would rather have us think he's the dumbest human being on the planet or a cheater.
