Here's how his instagram post should have read: "Performance-enhancing drugs? Are you kidding me? Have you ever watched me play?" On a more serious note, has any player who has been suspended for PED use actually admitted using the stuff and admitted trying to get a competitive advantage, or do they all claim the Tooth Fairy must have pissed in their sample? I would really admire a player who came forward and admitted the obvious.
Difficult to say. He said, "The timing and results of my tests establish circumstances of unknowing supplement contamination." That sounds as if he's claiming the supplement he took was contaminated before he took it. Otherwise, he would have claimed contamination of his urine sample. Of course, I'm assuming that this statement was written by his agent and/or lawyer, not by Sanchez himself. If he wrote it, all bets are off.
8 tests a season sounds like an ever-present threat. What are the odds he was actually using illegal substances knowingly while under that kind of barrage?
I remember one as a jet. I think it was calvin pace https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/sports/football/03jets.html In a statement released by the Jets, Pace sounded a familiar refrain among professional athletes, blaming an over-the-counter dietary supplement for the positive test. Pace said he did not know the substance, which he did not name, violated league policy. “I am responsible for what I put into my body, and I should have paid closer attention to the league’s guidelines,” he said. “I regret that this has happened and apologize to my teammates, the entire Jets organization as well as the fans. Hopefully, this does not distract from our ultimate goal of winning the Super Bowl.”
I never understood the 'contamination' thing (a/k/a an excuse and a bs lie). I mean, let's say you take a multivitamin for i.e., why would you piss positive for a banned substance? He needs to turn in the bottles of whatever supplements he was/is taking and have the league call the manufacturer if his explanation is going to hold any water (for instance, we changed the formula since his last shipment, here's the old formula for comparison, we neglected to say anything, he just didn't read the label). The supplementation business is a very slippery slope in the first place. He should also publicly say what substance was flagged. If you didn't knowingly dope, prove it. Otherwise, he's lying.
