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David Jacobs, a convicted steroids dealer from Plano, Tex., provided documentary evidence to N.F.L. officials on Wednesday that his lawyer said tied several players to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Henry E. Hockeimer Jr., Jacobs's lawyer, said his client gave e-mails, canceled checks and other records to N.F.L. officials at a meeting in the Dallas area. Jacobs, who was sentenced to probation on May 1 for distributing banned substances, has said that he provided two players with steroids and human growth hormone, and that they would then supply other players.

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May 22, 2008  07:41 AM ET

has anyone actually paid any attention to this story ?

May 22, 2008  07:53 AM ET

No not until today...What is the validity in this information??? Anything new?

May 22, 2008  08:22 AM ET

There is more on this story... Read the T&R.

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May 22, 2008  08:33 AM ET

yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

May 22, 2008  08:48 AM ET

theres no difference between cheating football players and baseball players. Get ready for the humongous black eye NFL.

May 22, 2008  09:02 AM ET

Oh Yeah! A convicted drug dealer makes a credible witness. What more do you want?

May 22, 2008  09:07 AM ET

Steroids is the ticking time bomb under the NFL's carriage of arrogance.

May 22, 2008  09:14 AM ET

CowboyDave What more do you want?
e-mails, canceled checks and other records .
Might as well get it all out there and be done with it, it will get out there. Deal with it now. The evidence is there if it exists. Better to do it in house than to go through the federal hearings that baseball has gone through.;..
I am sure the league is filled with it. Deal with it now, and then move on.

May 22, 2008  09:23 AM ET

The NFL is the teflon league. This will all be swept under the rug and people will forget about this story in a couple weeks.

May 22, 2008  09:47 AM ET

Who cares. The list probably consists of every player in the league. I think we have just assumed this kind of thing was always going on in the NFL.. At worst they will get smacked with a 4 game suspension and everyone will forget after that.

May 22, 2008  10:45 AM ET

Fifolo said it succintly and well.

Most of the responses to this story hilariously illustrate the difference between NFL and MLB fans, i.e., much of the NFL's fan base cares as much about steroid abuse as fans of professional wrestling do.

May 22, 2008  11:18 AM ET

They left out a quote.

"So... 2 names now, and the rest after they all have the opportunity to float me some hush money."

May 22, 2008  11:42 AM ET

It's bad no matter which sport it is. It definitley bothers me, but if I weathered the 90's Cowboys and all of their antics, I'll survive a steroid scandal.

May 22, 2008  01:00 PM ET

Oh Yeah! A convicted drug dealer makes a credible witness. What more do you want?

CowboyDave | 05/22/08, 09:02 AM

Yeah, but a criminal with "e-mails, canceled checks and other records" who is ousting other criminals (law breakers) sure does.

May 22, 2008  01:20 PM ET

CowboyDave What more do you want?
e-mails, canceled checks and other records .
Might as well get it all out there and be done with it, it will get out there. Deal with it now. The evidence is there if it exists. Better to do it in house than to go through the federal hearings that baseball has gone through.;..
I am sure the league is filled with it. Deal with it now, and then move on.

50yearfan |

Oops - jumped the gun on that one. Sorry.

May 22, 2008  02:27 PM ET

Steroids in the NFL?! Pshaw....you jest!

May 22, 2008  02:56 PM ET

somehow people's panties don't get all wadded up over this...

I guess we just expected this sort of thing from the NFL...I mean 6'5" 350 lbs of pure muscle with the speed of a track star, this is just typical results of a well balanced diet.

May 22, 2008  03:01 PM ET

NFL players have far too much integrity to try and get an unfair advantage from using illegal performance enhancing drugs.







Hahahahahahahahahahaha

 
May 22, 2008  03:03 PM ET

HE NAMED NAME!

He got them blacklisted!

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