[CBFF] CT - Former Bears coach obtained human growth hormone

[Steve Behrens]

Not good.  This could balloon into a real mess if it turns out that he was
supplying the stuff to any of the players players.

Man, this guy was not only a lousy QB couch.... turns out he was just a
plain louse.

-Behr




On 9/1/07, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Former Bears coach obtained human growth hormone
> By Gary Myers and T.J. Quinn
> New York Daily News
>
> September 1, 2007, 12:28 AM CDT
>
> NEW YORK -- Former Bears assistant coach Wade Wilson and New England
> safety Rodney Harrison have admitted to league officials to receiving
> illegal performance-enhancing drugs as part of an Internet drug scam,
> the New York Daily News has learned.
>
> Wilson, whose career as a quarterback ended in 1998, faces a
> yet-to-be-announced punishment. He admitted receiving human growth
> hormone and anabolic steroids while a coach with the Bears, where he
> worked from 2004-2006. League officials were interested to know
> whether he used the drugs himself or whether he supplied them to
> players. Harrison admitted to receiving human growth hormone.
>
> Although the league does not test for HGH, a player can be suspended
> under the NFL doping policy if he admits or it can be proven that he
> took or possessed anything on the banned substances list. He is now an
> assistant with Dallas.
>
> Harrison will be suspended for four games, sources said.
>
> The two are the first of what is expected to be many connected to the
> NFL to arise in the investigation. Sources said officials from the
> Albany, N.Y., Co. District Attorney's office approached NFL officials
> about Harrison and Wilson, saying that both had received drugs from
> Signature Pharmacy in Orlando. Under the scam, in which nine have
> pleaded guilty, doctors, hired by "anti-aging" clinics, signed
> prescriptions for patients they never saw, and those prescriptions
> were filled at Signature and other pharmacies.
>
> Albany and Florida law enforcement agents raided the pharmacy and
> several clinics in February.
>
> Harrison, speaking on a conference call Friday night after his
> suspension was reported by ESPN, apologized to fans, especially those
> in "high school and college."
>
> "I want to make it clear that not once did I ever use steroids,"
> Harrison said. "I did admit to the commissioner that I did use a
> banned substance. My purpose was never to gain a competitive edge.
> Rather, my use was solely for the purpose of accelerating the healing
> process from injuries I sustained."
>
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