Antwan Odom: "Don't Lose Faith In Me"
by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 10, 2010 9:05 AM EDT
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PrintReports surfaced on Thursday that Antwan Odom was facing a four-game suspension for "violating the league's steroids policy."
Antwan Odom would go on to release a statement asking for patience until the process works itself out.
“Just know that I would never cheat to gain an edge in this game that I love. Don’t lose your faith in me and please don’t pass judgement based on vicious rumors until all the facts are known. Thank you for all your support I really need it now.”
The report on a steroid violation is being claimed as a false accusation, though he did admit to for testing "positive for a banned substance." After suffering a virus that he suffered during training camp, losing 20 pounds, Odom gained it back before the regular season. He played a significant number of snaps late in the preseason, working towards getting back into shape.
Odom was the team's premiere pass rusher, recording a team-high eight quarterback sacks and 12 quarterback pressures, still ranking second on the team even though he missed the final 10 games of the season due to an Achilles injury against the Texans that prematurely ended his season.
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Obviously this is bad news...
But if a suspension is going to happen, timing-wise it might work out perfectly. It won’t be effective this week, which keeps him in the opener, and then we have probably the easiest 4-game stretch of the entire season immediately afterwards against offenses we could still handle without him.
I guess what I’m saying is, don’t drag out this appeal process if it’s a lost cause, Antwan. We’re going to need you back by the bye week.
I'll reserve judgement until I hear the whole story
Sometimes these guys do take a banned substance by accident. I doubt the Emperor will have much sympathy for the appeal.
The only way it's an accident if it's not printed on the label and they bought it at GMC
I dont believe any other excuse.
Well there are products you can buy elsewhere than GMC that turn out later to be mislabeled, through no fault of the player at all. Remember that humongous Starcaps fiasco? Unless you followed it closely, you probably wouldn’t know that something like 30 players tested positive within a fairly short time-frame (about a year), but less than 10 players were actually punished. And ALL of them apparently made the same mistake — believing the label of a product that was deliberately mislabeled by its manufacturer. This is blatantly unfair to those who were (and were not) punished, hence the drug out appeals process with the Minny courts over the Williams Wall and all that mess.
Steve Wyche on Odom
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom tested positive for a substance banned by the NFL but he expects to be cleared of any wrongdoing because the banned element is contained in a prescribed medication, a source with knowledge of the situation said Friday
There is a provision in the NFL’s banned substance policy that allows players to take prescription medicines that could contain banned substances or elements of a banned substance.
by Oregonbengalsfan on Sep 10, 2010 6:39 PM EDT reply actions
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