Ryan Fowler Faces Suspension for Performance Enhancing Drugs

by Jimmy on Jun 9, 2008 3:24 PM CDT in News Comment 12 comments

As DonFrancisco mentioned here, Tennessee Titans middle linebacker Ryan Fowler is facing a suspension for performance enhancing drugs. Fowler was implicated by David Jacobs who was found dead in his home last week. Fowler's attorney had this to say:

"Ryan has never tested positive for any banned substance," said Ginsberg. "There apparently are unsubstantiated accusations that have been made by an admitted felon without any corroboration and the commissioner apparently has seen fit to use those accusations to threaten my client's career.

"It's a violation of Ryan's due process rights and seemingly a violation of the NFL's policy itself to use these kind of unsubstantiated accusations itself," Ginsberg said. "We've asked the NFL to provide to us any corroboration or support for these allegations and, to date, the NFL has provided absolutely no evidence to support any threatened discipline."

We will have to wait and see what comes of this. It will probably be a battle that ends up in court like the Travis Henry dog and pony show from last season. It would be ridiculous for the NFL to suspend him if all they have is a steroid dealer saying he sold to him.

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Another perfect example of

a meddling, nazi, piece of trash megalomaniac commissioner playing god.

by BeansCarter on Jun 9, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

WOW

It appears if this steriod dealer said Fowler was a witch….... Goodell would’ve thrown him off a cliff.

by Air McNair 9 on Jun 9, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather

Stephen Tulloch be starting anyways…

by titanbt53 on Jun 9, 2008 5:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is Goodell's problem.

He always wants to act faster than the justice system, essentially assuming guilt before it’s proven. That is illegal, and this time he may well have to pay for it. Smearing a guy in the press via annonymous sources is a low-ball tactic. That’s ugly.

With that said, I’m not so sure Fowler’s gonna make it through training camp with the team between this and the busted shoulder. Seems to me like Tulloch’s fine as the starter, and they just drafted a serviceable backup in that kid from Purdue.

DannoE

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by DannoE on Jun 10, 2008 7:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Goodell is a brave man.

If he keeps toying with people’s lives in such a brazen, careless way, he’ll eventually piss off the wrong person and suffer the consequences.

I won’t shed a tear if he learns a lesson the hard way.

Karma’s a b!tch.

by BeansCarter on Jun 10, 2008 8:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Not to get too gross or CSI on this

but here’s the lead from the story on the steroids dealer’s death:

“The Dallas County Medical Examiner has released a preliminary finding of suicide in the surprising death of convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs, describing two "self-inflicted" gunshot wounds, one in the abdomen and another in the head.”

So the dude shot himself in the stomach, then the head in a suicide attempt? Ummmm…

by August West on Jun 10, 2008 9:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah that doesn't make a whole lot of sense

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by Jimmy on Jun 10, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe...

he had two guns and shot himself in the stomach and head at the same time…. i’m bored.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Jun 10, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Would somone

trying to frame a suicide make the mistake of shooting him in the stomach before the head?

by Big Bad Bulluck on Jun 10, 2008 12:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

probably not, but at first blush it makes more sense than the alternative...

the only other thing I could think of that made sense is if there was a struggle and the woman shot him first, but then the gunshot isn’t ‘self-inflicted’.

Lets get David Carusso on this immediately.

/slowly puts on sunglasses as The Who blares

by August West on Jun 10, 2008 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs