DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Pure Football Forum Bengal's Antwan Odom suspended for 4 games

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5687593

Antwan Odom violates NFL's PED policy
ESPN.com news services

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances, the league announced Friday.

Odom
Odom's suspension takes effect immediately.
He faced a suspension earlier this season but appealed, which slowed the process. Now Odom will begin sitting out games starting Oct. 24 against the Atlanta Falcons, once the Bengals (2-3) complete their bye week.
Odom also will miss the following games against the Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts. He can rejoin Cincinnati's active roster on Nov. 15.
While not naming the specific drug or substance at issue, Odom's lawyer said the player had mistakenly ingested his wife's weight-loss medicine.
Attorney David Cornwell said the suspension illustrates why the NFL's disciplinary programs need an overhaul.
"Antwan did not take a steroid or any other performance enhancing substance," Cornwell said in a statement. "While driving after midnight from Alabama to Cincinnati to report to training camp, Antwan's wife mistakenly opened her prescription pill bottle instead of Antwan's and gave him one of her prescription weight-loss pills instead of Antwan's medicine. Naturally, Antwan's preseason urine test was positive for his wife's medicine."

yea the NFL's substance abuse policy needs an overhaul.


If it was an accident its okay. right? cuz TO violated a rule tweeting too close to game time and it was an accident its okay. Since Donte Stallworth got a DUI cuz of an accident its okay. Pacman didnt want to spend his money that night so asking for it back and getting into a fight was okay cuz it was an accident.

Okay Antwan. Go that route. I didnt know so it should be okay.

Good job attorney.

I'm pretty sick of people not owning up to mistakes. You took something on the banned substance list. Accident or not...too bad. and weight loss medication isnt one of those things that should be fooled around with by the NFL...he could have been using it for a reason...or an accident. either way...too bad.


Side note: I wonder if the Vikings lose a couple more if theyll drop their appeal and let the Williams's sit out their 4 games for Starcaps...I cant believe that crap is still going on. suspend em...starcaps arent legal either. Get out of here.

Suspend his wife, too then? Nice cover, I guess. Odd if true. :boo

I'm with you. Just own up and move on. It's weight loss stuff, not steroids, the public would quickly forgive and forget.

And the one thing not noted in this blurb is that since it was in pre-season, it is likely that Odom was trying to drop weight in order to meet some type of 'weight bonus' (most DL and OL have bonuses tied to the amount they weigh in pre-season so they don't balloon up in the offseason. it's even common practice with other plays. See Cribbs comments about it last July about how he had to drop 13 pounds.)

finally, 'prescription weight loss pills'....that's just wrong on so many levels.

Quote:

---

"While driving after midnight from Alabama to Cincinnati to report to training camp..."

---

Translation: While nodding at the wheel because he got at late start for camp...

Quote:

---

"Antwan's wife mistakenly opened her prescription pill bottle instead of Antwan's and gave him one of her prescription weight-loss pills"

---

Translation: Antwan's wife insisted, "Take one a these speedy mo-fos before you get us both killed."

Quote:

---

instead of Antwan's medicine.

---

Which he always takes after midnight.

Quote:

---

"Naturally, Antwan's preseason urine test was positive..."

---

Naturally.

In fairness, I take all 4 of my pain meds at bedtime. (2 of them are 1 per day, and 1 of those specifically says to take it at bedtime)

His story still sounds like a load of crap though.


If you listen to everyone who got caught taking banned stuff, they are all huge victims of circumstances. Wrong pills, didn't know, wife gave me the wrong thing, doctor should have known, wasn't on the label, etc.

Not only that ..... but these once in a lifetime type things only happen right before they pee in the cup.

It is really amazing.

manny ramirez thinks thats a horrible excuse.

Quote:

---

...Odom's lawyer said the player had mistakenly ingested his wife's weight-loss medicine.

---

I once smoked a joint mistakenly thinking I was taking an aspirin. But that's neither here nor there.

How do you know when a player is lying about ingesting a banned substance?

His lawyer's lips are moving.