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Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008 11:19 am EDT

Terry Bradshaw was all 'roided up
By MJD
I doubt that it's going to cause much of an uproar or that anyone will be calling for asterisks on the four Super Bowl trophies that the Steelers won in the 70s (although Patriots fans might want to leave it in their backpocket as kind of a trump card), but Terry Bradshaw admitted last week that he used steroids during his playing career.

If you're detecting a lack of surprise in my tone, congratulations on being perceptive. I already looked at the 70s Steelers as doing for steroids what the Bill Walsh 49ers did for the west coast offense. The 'roids were legal then, no one was testing for it, and there's no way the Steelers were the only ones. At the time, no one knew any better.

Here's what Bradshaw said on Dan Patrick's radio show:


“We did steroids to get away the aches and the speed of healing. My use of steroids from a doctor was to speed up injury, and thought nothing of it. … It was to speed up the healing process, that was it. It wasn’t to get bigger and stronger and faster.”

That may not have been the intent, but according to Jim Haslett, that's what it did. And while we're on the subject of unintended side effects, now might also be an appropriate time to mention that 70s Steelers are are dying off like NYC construction workers in The Happening.

[ReaperX]

I'm sure he made some sweet cash while being juiced up.

[bioman]

Enhancing the healing process has always been my main argument for allowing football players some limited use of steroids. Even very small amounts go a long way, but of course the "more is better" mentality usually wins out.

[Distilled Water]

80% of the NFL is on steroids/GH/performance enhancing drugs

[Iron Warrior]

No wonder he went bald LOL (j/k). I'm sure Raider fans will ***** about this and try to tell everyone they were better than the Steelers in the 70's.

[mindgame]

its no big suprise to me about this. But I wonder if there is going to be any up roar about this or if Terry gets some type of cancer of some disease if they will try and say it was steroids.

[Nightwanderer]

I saw that article earlier today. You know what though? I'm getting really sick and tired of the 70's generation of athletes some 30-something years after the fact finally
having the balls to openly state the obvious, and then quickly cop out with 'but it was legal then' and 'it was just to heal' and playing getting bigger and stronger at faster than humanly possible rates off as some sort of unintended side effect naievely noted and not at all intended. If you're gonna come out about steroid use, man up and get real about it.

[AnonyMoose]

Originally Posted by Distilled Water

80% of the NFL is on steroids/GH/performance enhancing drugs

and the other 20 percent left for professional wrestling careers!

[Fastone]

Originally Posted by Iron Warrior

No wonder he went bald LOL (j/k). I'm sure Raider fans will ***** about this and try to tell everyone they were better than the Steelers in the 70's.

As if the Raiders weren't a steroid factory. I'm not sure why Terry felt the need to divulge this information at this point but, it's a known fact that steroids ruled the 70's and 80's football landscape. Also 9 out of 10 times at that point the steroids were prescribed by team doctors.
I'm just waiting for the day that some of those self-righteous baseball players from back in the day to fess up about some of the crap they used.

[Distilled Water]

Originally Posted by Fastone

As if the Raiders weren't a steroid factory. I'm not sure why Terry felt the need to divulge this information at this point but, it's a known fact that steroids ruled the 70's and 80's football landscape. Also 9 out of 10 times at that point the steroids were prescribed by team doctors.
I'm just waiting for the day that some of those self-righteous baseball players from back in the day to fess up about some of the crap they used.

Actually I dont think they used steroids as much as percription amphetamines, I think a lot of pitchers were taken stuff not really knowing they were steroids. Weight lifting was actually looked down on for baseball players until the 80's. Guys in the 80's, now thats when ball players got big

[Fastone]

Originally Posted by Distilled Water

Actually I dont think they used steroids as much as percription amphetamines, I think a lot of pitchers were taken stuff not really knowing they were steroids. Weight lifting was actually looked down on for baseball players until the 80's. Guys in the 80's, now thats when ball players got big

My whole thing is about the whole so called "cheating" thing. Weren't these guys cheating as well? That and the fact that they were legal then. btw, most of the amphetamines that were ingested were not prescribed. So many people In positions of authority looked the other way until they were forced to "do something" At least the NFL did something before they were forced to. As to how effective it was is a point for another discussion.

[Iron Warrior]

Originally Posted by Fastone

As if the Raiders weren't a steroid factory. I'm not sure why Terry felt the need to divulge this information at this point but, it's a known fact that steroids ruled the 70's and 80's football landscape. Also 9 out of 10 times at that point the steroids were prescribed by team doctors.
I'm just waiting for the day that some of those self-righteous baseball players from back in the day to fess up about some of the crap they used.

I was being sacrcastic but forgot some smiley emoticon, whoops I hate the Raiders and they always have an excuse for all their shortcomings.

[OpKang101]

Originally Posted by Nightwanderer

I saw that article earlier today. You know what though? I'm getting really sick and tired of the 70's generation of athletes some 30-something years after the fact finally
having the balls to openly state the obvious, and then quickly cop out with 'but it was legal then' and 'it was just to heal' and playing getting bigger and stronger at faster than humanly possible rates off as some sort of unintended side effect naievely noted and not at all intended. If you're gonna come out about steroid use, man up and get real about it.

Such is the life of political correctedness.

[Nightwanderer]

Originally Posted by OpKang101

Such is the life of political correctedness.

I just don't see the point about 'coming out' about steroid use as a long retired athlete if you're not going to go through with it with open honesty.

I mean, if you're going to cop out with 'they were legal at the time', and 'it was just to heal' as I mentioned in my previous post , what point at all does your 'confession' serve? It's like saying you drink whey shakes because they're cheap and filling, but
'oh, and I had no idea that they'd make me bigger and stronger than athletes who don't take in extra protein, what a shock!' Yeah, right, because as a professional athlete you were probably clueless that russian olympic athletes had been juicing since 1952, and that the U.S. quickly followed suit for a reason....

Athletes that make these lame statements are morons to me. The general public who reads them now sees you as gullible and naive, while people who know the least little bit about steroids know you for a liar, so what's the point?

[Distilled Water]

Originally Posted by Nightwanderer

I just don't see the point about 'coming out' about steroid use as a long retired athlete if you're not going to go through with it with open honesty.

I mean, if you're going to cop out with 'they were legal at the time', and 'it was just to heal' as I mentioned in my previous post , what point at all does your 'conf