Gatlin, banned from track, works out for Texans
The Houston Texans worked out the world's fastest man, Justin Gatlin, on Tuesday, but that doesn't mean he's making a fast entrance into the NFL.
The Texans didn't make a big deal out of the Tuesday visit. They looked at Gatlin like they did two other receivers: Kevin McMahan of Maine and Jovan Witherspoon of Central Michigan. NFL teams usually bring in players for Tuesday workouts while the 53 players on the regular roster take a day off.
In April, he tested positive for the banned substance testosterone and accepted an eight-year ban from track and field.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2679967
I'm actually a little conflicted here - the guy is only 24, obviously made a huge mistake, and should be given a second chance. You can't just tell him to never be an athlete again; that is what he does. But he put his entire career on the line by cheating in track - an 8 year ban is essentially forever. That is some risky behavior, especially when he could just take the undetectable stuff that Balco sells.
The Olympics have been in a downward spiral ever since Katerina Witt hung up her skates, but I'm pissed that we can't even keep the one good memory that came out of Greece.
What if Keri Strug had turned out to be on the juice?
What? Oh yeah, that did happen didn't it? I got it confused with an old Law & Order re-run.
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