Apparently, he called the NFLPA to ensure the supplement he was taking contained no banned substances. Once the test results came in, the NFLPA (not Vobora) appealed. In fact, the banned substance is not listed as an ingredient, so Vobora will likely sure the manufacturer. I doubt this will mean the suspension is lifted, but it’s an interesting precedent. Here’s a guy who does everything right, takes the mandated precautions and gets screwed by the manufacturer. What is interesting to me is this quote from the P-D’s article:

“We’re in the process of suing the company that manufactures this tainted product,” Lillibridge said. “It’s a product a lot of players use.”

is a Giants fan… he says Douzable is an excellent lineman. We all know how stacked they are in that department so he could be a big time sleeper. We’ll see.

Sucks Voboroa could be getting screwed. But I agree, why take supplements to begin with? geesh.

I know of some dinner rolls that had seeds on top, and the cop got busted for substance abuse from it. Saseme seeds will give you a positive!

The Hollis Thomas signing was a mistake to begin with. He’s done, been done, and I think they only kept him after camp to give him more time to try to get his old broken ass into playing form. (I say that as someone who is an old broken ass, myself). It never happened, so moving on…

About the banned substances — from my many years in track and field, I am somewhat familiar with the drug and test game. The people who make and take the drugs (and supplements and masking agents) are one step ahead of the people that make the tests for said drugs. They create new ways of masking the banned substances and, for a while, it works.

Then the test makers figure out what to test for and how to find it, and they design new tests to find all the known substances and combinations thereof. Inevitably, guys are caught at the end fo the cycle, having taken a banned substance that they thought wouldn’t be found and unknowingly undergoing a new test that — surprise! — catches them.

Not saying thats what happened with Vorbora. Maybe he was stupid enough to put something in his body and just didn’t know what it was made of. You’d think a professional would be all on top of that, but who knows.

I do know for certain that some track and field athletes, as well as swimmers and gymnasts, play the test game as professionally as they play their sport.