Vijay Singh

[malek988]

and NFL player is going thorough the same thing, said he was using this to aid in the healing of his torn triceps or some such, but after doing a little reading on this deer antler spray, seems like its not even proven to to anything but help under developed children, still Vi-jay should know better

http://www.livescience.com/26754-deer-antler-spray.html

 

[anotherdouble]

What ever this spray contains is banned by alot of different sports associations. He is not the first nor will he be the last that will be caught. What totally bemuses me though, is in this day and age, why does not a competitor of any sport go and ask somebody if the substance they want to take is allowed or on the banned list. This would save alot of heartache in the future.

 

[Andr3w]

A slap on the wrists would be sufficient. Do we really need to start stripping people of hard earned tournaments over a useless spray.

 

[One Planer]

What totally bemuses me though, is in this day and age, why does not a competitor of any sport go and ask somebody if the substance they want to take is allowed or on the banned list. This would save alot of heartache in the future.

It's not always so simple.

Some basic cough mixtures contain Ephedrine which is, again, banned by a lot of sporting bodies. Even some weight loss products contain it (Think Toure and Kenny as frecent examples).

Would you look what's in cough mixture before you took it if you have a heavy cold?

Before anyone jumps on, I'm not defending Vijay. He no doubt has dieticians and other nutritional folk around him who should have been aware of the impact and ramifications using this product would have.

Unless Vijay thought he wouldn't get caught!

 

[JPH]

Hardly in the lance Armstrong camp is it

Doctors have said there is no way you could benefit from it if delivered in a spray anyway , impossible they say the people they are treating with it would love it because they wouldn't have to have shots

He's been mugged off and parted with his cash , he's said he checked the ingredients and could find No banned substances and he's admitted it openly , give him a break

 

[joe nustedt]

Agree, nothing like Armstrong. However as much as we can think the product was snake oil, it is on the banned list, and given the current climate surrounding doping plus the fact Golf will be in the next Olympics, I think he's going to get the book thrown at him.

 

[Whereditgo]

It's not always so simple.

Some basic cough mixtures contain Ephedrine which is, again, banned by a lot of sporting bodies. Even some weight loss products contain it (Think Toure and Kenny as frecent examples).

Would you look what's in cough mixture before you took it if you have a heavy cold?

If I were a professional athlete of any kind meaning that I was prohibited from taking certain substances whatever they happened to be as ingredients of something, an absolute and categoric yes is the answer.

I am very sceptical of any athlete who tests positive for a banned substance and then pleads ignorance.

 

[JPH]

Was he tested though

May be wrong but I thought he innocently mentioned it in an article , he said he checked the ingredients , if he mentioned it in interview I think there is fair chance he thought it was an innocuous substance