Although the NFL's investigation into allegations that four players used performance-enhancing drugs has cooled down, it may soon heat up again. The four players — Packers linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers, Steelers linebacker James Harrison and free agent defensive end Mike Neal — will be suspended if they don't give interviews to league investigators...

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Yes, Goodell is a douche and its trouble.

The league made a big deal in clearing their golden boy [Manning] about how he fully cooperated. It was strange how they made such a public point about that.

This is the pretense the NFL has set-up so they could argue a reasonable basis to suspend the others and not tarnish their boy.

But the Union is a douche too. They say there is no credible evidence; but there's a video tape of someone "testifying" about the PEDs and other drugs he sold to Peppers and CM3. It doesn't matter that Sly recanted to protect his interest.

The NFL is entitled to investigate. And as Goodell and the Union pull out their schwantzes to see whose is bigger; its the Packers that will be hurt. Enough! Peppers and CM3 should say F&^% the union and honor their contract [the CBA that was bargained for on their behalf] ad cooperate.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn 

So the league has a drug testing policy. However, if somebody makes allegations that somebody is doing drugs then the league is allowed to create rules as they go along. I have had my doubts about some of our guys, but as long as the passed the test they were clean according to league standards.

Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla 

In truth, this really isn't about PEDs. Again, the NFL has a policy for that. This is another maneuver in the now-ubiquitous power struggle between the league and its players. The NFL is emboldened by its legal victory over Brady and is using the same broad authority -- as written in Article 46 of the collective bargaining agreement -- to compel participation in an otherwise out-of-policy investigation.

If you celebrated Brady's discipline, surely you realized that your team could be next. You did realize that, right?

At the moment, it's difficult to imagine the limits of the league's power. Even in a union environment, with a legal CBA in place, we might finally have reached the moment when players are subject to discipline whenever they don't do what the NFL asks of them.

This is not "allegations", it is a series of allegations that have gone public. And much of the backstory and surrounding circumstances are true.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn 

This is not "allegations", it is a series of allegations that have gone public. And much of the backstory and surrounding circumstances are true.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn