Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said Thursday on "NFL AM" that he didn't tell the Vancouver Sun that "half the league" takes Adderall, Kevin Patra of NFL.com reports. "First off, I didn't say that," Sherman said, in response to quotes published Wednesday by the newspaper. "It's just another case of these writers trying to gain a little notoriety in an interview. What I said was there's a bunch of guys on prescription for Adderall. I've never seen people get prescribed a performance-enhancing drug, you know what I mean?....They go so crazy when guys test positive for it, but a bunch of guys have prescriptions for it, so it's kind of misleading." Sherman was suspended last season for allegedly taking Adderall, but successfully appealed a four-game suspension due to a mishandled sample. The NFL sent a statement Thursday to NFL.com's Steve Wyche in response to what Sherman was quoted as saying in the Sun article: "The comments are ill-informed and inaccurate. Adderall is easily detected under current testing and will result in a suspension absent an approved therapeutic use exemption. If his statement were true, we would be seeing many more positive tests and suspensions. More importantly, his comments are irresponsible, as they ignore the serious medical risks and documented public health crisis associated with the improper use of Adderall and similar drugs."' Source: The Redzone
Not buying it just cause you don't like it. There's no context, either you said "half the league" or not, it's three words..
Someone made Sherman try to take back what he said and the league even came out with an official response ......... Hmmmm ...... Anyone else think these seem to be overly-defensive measures? I've accepted the fact that most of the players in the league take things and the league lets it slide because it can't suspend everyone or we wouldn't have a sport. The league doesn't want the average viewer to know that though because they may turn their tv off if they are anti ped. So, i know the league has to keep doing this, its just so obvious its amusing
