The NFL has already determined that Sly was not a credible source and that the Al Jazeera report had information that was false/not supported by the NFL's own investigation when the NFL cleared Manning of the allegations in the report.
Once the NFL said that the source/report falsely accused Manning, I don't see how they can then say the source/report is credible to investigate the other four players without having additional evidence implicating those other players.
Originally Posted by: macbob
What series of allegations and if they are public, can you share the source?
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool
Z2C: I guess I made it sound like there might be more stuff about Packers-sorry 'bout that. The "series of allegations" all came from the clandestine taping and are about everyone, Manning, Neal, Harrison, etc. I'm just saying that its not a person making a random allegation.
Not sure what NFL report your speaking of Macbob. The NFL statement was posted on twitter on Huffington post saying only that they found no credible evidence to show Manning took HGH. Sly only said the HGH was sent to Ashley in Florida and there have been no denials on this. Plus, Peyton and the head of Guyer institute said Ashley's privacy was violated; well, if Sly made up the story no one's medical privacy is violated. There is little doubt that Guyer sent HGH to Ashley just as Sly said. But, they need evidence to show Ashley gave it to Peyton or maybe that she didn't have a use for it. Surely Ashley demonstrated why they sent it to her and both said Peyton didn't get none. Case closed! Full cooperation-no proof and nothing more to investigate.
Manning cooperated; there is a bold statement at top of NFL statement saying so. It is so awkward-This I the NFL sending a message that says; cooperate you union jagwads and this can all go away; unless you dont have the correct answers to our questions.
The league also knows that Sly knows Keller and Neal, both of who were suspended for banned substances.
The NFL statement states that the investigation will continue against the others, so surely they did not find Sly's words as lacking all truth and we dont know what other info they got. Heck, the league may have statements from Keller and/or Neal saying that Sly was the guy they got their stuff from. There's WAY too much truth and credible stuff in Sly's ramblings. But, the investigation must determine if the stuff about Peppers, Neal and "half the Packers team" meeting with Sly to get some goodies was BS or has truth. I have a very bad nothing but gut feeling some that some Packer communicated with Sly. Heck, the investigation might be about Neal peddling HGH for Sly as well as whether other Packers partook. Pepp and CM3 might trying to protect Neal. If Neal did indeed recruit or tried to recruit for Sly to dispense undetectable drugs, I see a nasty suspension coming for him, maybe even a lifetime ban.
NFL Statement Oh, the ESPN article is a classic slippery-slope taken to ridiculous lengths. It is not the allegation that gets the attention; it is the surrounding corroborated facts that gives the allegation weight that gets the attention requiring an investigation.