{"id":233655,"date":"2010-05-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2010\/05\/17\/cushing-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2010-05-17T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T05:00:00","slug":"cushing-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/cushing-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Cushing syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texans linebacker Brian Cushing is a terrible liar.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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At a Thursday\u00a0press conference, while attempting to get his side of the story out, Brian Cushing\u00a0sounded like a fool.\u00a0A substance\u00a0or substances he has been ingesting has affected his brain synapses.\u00a0 As a person who works in the medical field, Cushing’s plausible deniability is ludicrous<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. The substance found in his body,\u00a0 HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin),\u00a0 is secreted by the placenta during early pregnancy.\u00a0 Therefore, it is found in the blood and urine of pregnant women.\u00a0 What the heck is it doing in a healthy male in his twenties?\u00a0 <\/li>\n
  2. Cushing claims he had some tumor in his body.\u00a0 There\u00a0are some tumors which produce HCG.\u00a0 However, if he had a type of cancer which produced HCG, he could not have played professional football. And it would have shown up in test after test. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cushing’s\u00a0flimsy story does not hold any water. On the other hand,\u00a0\u00a0by using the Barry Bonds’ defense, Cushing thinks he can make people believe he is being forthright.\u00a0 This is far from the case.\u00a0\u00a0It is my\u00a0strong belief that\u00a0Cushing used anabolic steroids.\u00a0 HCG is used\u00a0with steroids during and after treatment.\u00a0\u00a0In a\u00a0male steroid user, HCG allows\u00a0the\u00a0body to produce testosterone.\u00a0 An athlete like Cushing\u00a0 would use HCG because it helps prevent the\u00a0loss of muscle mass and testes from shrinking.\u00a0 Although the NFL has vowed\u00a0they cleaned up\u00a0the use of steriods, this is not the case.\u00a0\u00a0A few months ago,<\/p>\n

    The NFL wants to test for HGH and the Players Union has balked<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 “What does that say?” asks Wonder.\u00a0 “I’ll tell you what it says- if you are a player\u00a0in the NFL and NEED\u00a0to run through walls to survive and make millions in salary<\/span><\/a>, you are going to take steroids.\u00a0 So they are taking steroids.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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    What percentage of players do you think have taken steroids at one point in their career<\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 “75%-80%,”\u00a0says Wonder.\u00a0 And what percent currently? “30-40%.”\u00a0 He continues. “There is too much rational logical demand for the product.\u00a0 You have thousands of players making millions of dollars… that is billions in salary.\u00a0 (If each team has a cap of ~$100M+, that is $3.2B)\u00a0 Players on the fringe who have a choice between playing for millions with steroids and\u00a0flipping burgers are going to choose to do the steroids so they can run through walls.\u00a0 And don’t forget about the supply side.\u00a0 There is no doubt in my mind that there is an underground society to feed this demand.\u00a0 Where there is a lot of money and a lot of need,\u00a0 there are going to be people filling that need.\u00a0 Chemists, out of work medical professionals, drug reps with contacts… lots of people out there\u00a0with a very lucrative opportunity.\u00a0 There are simply too many marginal players who will use drugs to get millions in contracts.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Looking back on Wonder’s\u00a0prescient comments, he nails it.\u00a0 From what I know, players who take steroids are also taking other drugs to take the edge off.\u00a0\u00a0One of the side effects of taking anabolic steroids is “roid rage.”\u00a0\u00a0In order to cope with this problem, athletes turn to\u00a0amphetamines,\u00a0alcohol, pot,\u00a0and cocaine.\u00a0\u00a0For the short term, taking these drugs help them.\u00a0 As time goes on, mixing steroids with other drugs will eventually lead to trouble.\u00a0 Indirectly, there is a definite link between steroid use and the amount of untoward behavior exhibited by NFL players.\u00a0 Take for example,\u00a0 the amount of car crashes,\u00a0 arrests,\u00a0 tawdry behavior,\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0abuse of women.\u00a0\u00a0 There is a profound problem here.\u00a0 Apparently, the NFL has more work to do in eliminating steroids from the sport.\u00a0 Let us hope\u00a0the Cushing\u00a0suspension will\u00a0jump start the NFL into further\u00a0action.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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