Thursday, August 03, 2006

Steriods at USC?

USC players quit over steroids, connection to Bonds? : Fanblogs College Football Blog

The Daily News is reporting that USC safety Brandon Ting had tested positive for steroid use prior to leaving the Trojans. Ting, who quit the team last week along with his brother Ryan despite being the subject of some USC bloggers' crush, will focus his time on pursuing a medical degree.

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The interesting angle to this steroid saga is that the father of the Ting twins, Dr. Arthur Ting, was subpoenaed and testified before a U.S. grand jury investigating steroid accusations surrounding baseball slugger Barry Bonds. Dr. Ting is Bonds' personal surgeon, specializing in orthopedics.

In 2003, Ting visited Bonds and trainer Greg Anderson, who spent time in prison for dealing steroids, at the BALCO offices to draw blood.

Dr. Ting was disciplined twice in the last ten years by the California Medical Board for writing prescriptions with inadequate records and allowing others in his office to write prescriptions.
Wow.

This makes me wonder if any steriod testing goes on at OSU? Are steriods prevalent at mid-level BCS conference schools like OSU? Should the beavers be testing all atheletes for performance enhancing drugs?

With the recent drug scandals in every sport, I find it hard to believe that no one has done steriods on the OSU football team. I hope I'm wrong. How many times has someone bulked up over the summer and put on 25 pounds? Are those all legit?

Anyone else have thoughts on this? Should we be concerned? Do you care?

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