Showing posts with label drug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Vikings' Williamses are still fighting against NFL suspensions

The battle between Vikings' Williamses and the league over the suspension issue contiues. On Tuesday, The lawyer for the Vikings defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams claimed that the NFL is treating his agents unfairly with extra drug testing.

The case began last summer, when the Williamses tested positive for a banned drug that can mask the use of steroids. The players defened that they unknowingly took the weight-loss supplement StarCaps, which didn't list the diuretic bumetanide on the label. The NFL admitted that it knew StarCaps contained the banned drug, but they said that players are responsible for knowing what they're taking while the players blamed the league failing to share information of the medicine.

The NFL will enforce the the Williamses' four-game suspensions at the start of the upcoming season despite the players' fighting over the issue.