I watched the documentary yesterday afternoon. At this stage, I don't know how one could participate in this thread without watching it.
There's lots to discuss besides the involvement of Manning in possible HGH use (kind of sad stuff really about Clay Matthews and some pretty incriminating stuff about the whole Packer's team and Taylor Teagarden has to be beyond fucked).
Regarding AJ- I'm not a savvy media type but that report seemed pretty legit. My gut instinct is essentially that there's no hidden agenda here (with the reporter or AJ). They set out to get a sense of the prevalence of PEDs in modern sport and the ease of acquiring, using and tricking the testing. The net-net seemed to be that it's not that difficult. PED use is likely quite prevalent and athletes seem to have a pretty good grasp of how to not get caught using. Getting names of athletes was not really the primary objective of the documentary; more like a super-juicy discovery that unfolded for them.
Manning- the link to his use of HGH is a tiny bit oblique. Sly seems to think that Manning is wasn't really into all the other PEDs (that Charlie prefers) but makes a very strong inference that the HGH is for Peyton and that he witnessed many, many doses being sent to the Mannings.
Watching the documentary then the recanting- It's pretty obvious that the recanting is BS. Sly is reasonably believable when on the hidden camera. In the recant, he seems to be reading off a prepared script and the tenor and story don't align/mesh at all.
Obviously there's a chance that Manning didn't use HGH. But at this stage, there's a very high likelihood that he did. I also think that there's a significant likelihood that his story is a drop in the bucket of the larger issue: how many of the pro athletes are likely using? The underlying insinuation is that the numbers are astonishingly high and in a way that will alter how we view sports and use of PEDs in general.
There's lots to discuss besides the involvement of Manning in possible HGH use (kind of sad stuff really about Clay Matthews and some pretty incriminating stuff about the whole Packer's team and Taylor Teagarden has to be beyond fucked).
Regarding AJ- I'm not a savvy media type but that report seemed pretty legit. My gut instinct is essentially that there's no hidden agenda here (with the reporter or AJ). They set out to get a sense of the prevalence of PEDs in modern sport and the ease of acquiring, using and tricking the testing. The net-net seemed to be that it's not that difficult. PED use is likely quite prevalent and athletes seem to have a pretty good grasp of how to not get caught using. Getting names of athletes was not really the primary objective of the documentary; more like a super-juicy discovery that unfolded for them.
Manning- the link to his use of HGH is a tiny bit oblique. Sly seems to think that Manning is wasn't really into all the other PEDs (that Charlie prefers) but makes a very strong inference that the HGH is for Peyton and that he witnessed many, many doses being sent to the Mannings.
Watching the documentary then the recanting- It's pretty obvious that the recanting is BS. Sly is reasonably believable when on the hidden camera. In the recant, he seems to be reading off a prepared script and the tenor and story don't align/mesh at all.
Obviously there's a chance that Manning didn't use HGH. But at this stage, there's a very high likelihood that he did. I also think that there's a significant likelihood that his story is a drop in the bucket of the larger issue: how many of the pro athletes are likely using? The underlying insinuation is that the numbers are astonishingly high and in a way that will alter how we view sports and use of PEDs in general.
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