Steroid dealer claims he supplied Vick
A former steroid dealer named David Jacobs (now deceased) has come out and said that he supplied Michael Vick with steroids when Vick was a member of the Falcons.
From the Dallas Morning News:
Authorities said Jacobs ran one of the largest doping networks in the country before he was arrested in May 2007.
The new document, which summarizes Vick’s interview with investigators, surfaced because of open records requests by media outlets.
Agents told Vick that a DEA informant said that Vick was talking about steroids and human growth hormone with someone at the Falcons party and that Vick was overheard saying he “liked his product.”
Vick immediately denied to the investigators that the conversation ever happened and said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs.Names, other than Vick’s, were redacted from the government summary, so it’s not clear whether the DEA informant referred to was Jacobs.
But in several interviews with The News that took place in the months before authorities say Jacobs killed himself and his girlfriend in June 2008, Jacobs said that at that 2006 gathering he was with Vick and other players who used his drugs.
Baseball has long been the focal point for performance-enhancing drugs in sports, but it would be naïve to think that drugs aren’t being used in other sports. After all, steroids first gained national attention thanks to the Olympics decades again. I don’t want to make generalized claims without having hard facts, but again, it would be naïve to think that baseball players are the only ones doping to gain a competitive advantage.
Whether the claims that Vick used performance-enhancers are true or false, I wonder if this story will lead to more national attention being paid to drugs in the NFL. The general public is willing to look the other way when it comes to drug suspensions in football because the league is wildly popular, but cheaters exists in all walks of life.
That said, the NFL appears to have a handle on its drug testing. The league has a banned substance list a mile long and players can’t even take cold medicine without having it checked out by team doctors. I’m I suggesting that the league is completely clean? No, but I trust that the NFL has done a better job monitoring its athletes than MLB did in the late 80s and throughout the past two decades.
It’ll be interesting to see if more reports surface in the wake of this Vick story. He hasn’t been convicted of anything, but if there’s one thing we know about Vick is that if he’s guilty of something, he always finds a way to get caught.
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Tags: Michael Vick dog fighting, NFL performance-enhancing drugs, NFL steroids
And I don’t believe Vick has ever failed a drug test. Drug testing will only work when the various leagues, ownership, and unions want it to work. Until then, what we see on the field isn’t much more than professional wrestling.
Well said, T-Bone. If the NFL wants its game to be clean, then everyone you mentioned has to strive to make it clean. If everyone turns their heads away at the same time, then it’s pretty easy for players to get away with doping.
I pray that the NFL has a better handle on its drug policy than MLB does. But again, I’m not naive to think that there are NFL players using performance-enhancers right now. As I mentioned in the post, baseball players can’t be the only ones using.
why don’t you find some real news to report and stop all the allegations.Mike Vick paid his debt to society over some damn dogs lets move on and stop ridiculeing the man Damn
That’s the thing, most people only worry about their entertainment… Why should we care if these guys are juicing as long as we get our moneys worth when we attend a game…
T-Bone: You are right on with this… Vick has never tested positive so let him be; however, if everyone wants to start looking at football like they did baseball they need to create a tougher program…
KJ: I would be ashamed to claim the title King if I was you, atleast you lower case it! my question to you is, do you feel that it’s ok for him to do steroids since he spent some time in jail for killing dogs? Because that makes a lot of sense… it’s a topic and his name was the biggest name that was in so yes it will point to him… it’s not an allegation it’s an assumption… read the article again…
I agree king jones…Vick will always be a target in the media’s eyes. Much like iverson. It’s a catch 22 being a famous black athlete. Your damned if you do, your damned if you don’t.
Shawn,
It has nothing to do with the color of Vick’s skin. It has everything to do with the decisions he makes.
Shawn,
Seriously, are you guys living in the 60s.
Yes, there is still a lot of racism out there, but come one the averge joe does not care if Vick is white or black or blue or red. What he cares about is will the guy produce and will he help my team win.
If he doesnt, nobody could care less. Look at TO. Nobody cares what he is doing in Buffalo, cause they are not winning.
Shawn…your post says it all. You make excuses for Vick instead of holding him accountable for creating the situation himself, blaming the media and his race. But I don’t really see how this situation has anything to do with the dogfighting case. It’s not like they were digging to find something on Vick, his name just happened to be mentioned during an investigation that had nothing to do with him until then.
Shawn I spent numerous years cheering for Vick in Atlanta so by no means is it racist. T-Bone hit nail on the head with, “It’s not like they were digging to find something on Vick, his name just happened to be mentioned during an investigation that had nothing to do with him until then.” You and KJ should start a club…
And just so you all know, Vick never claimed he didn’t buy them. Just that he never took them, he bought them for the dogs! Sorry… I know it’s sick to say that…