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Hell, in another argument he claimed it was a "myth" that the 1991 memo banned steroids, then when confronted with the quote that said steroids were prohibited, he said it didn't "unilaterally" prohibit steroids, because prescribed steroids weren't prohibited. (LDO)
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Actually, I said that from the beginning, in the very same post in which I called the banning of steroids by the memo a myth.
Found the original post that you are having a hazy recollection of
HERE.
The relevant excerpt:
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Myth.
Have you seen the full text of Vincent's memo that "banned steroids", or are you just going off what you read in SI?
If you'd like to see a copy of the entire memo, lemme know, and I can get one faxed over.
First and foremost,
the memo only addressed possession of otherwise prescribed steroids without a prescription.
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Lookie that.....See how the fourth sentence where I clearly spell out that the memo only addressed prescription steroids when the player didn't have a prescription?
According to you, I only resorted to these "semantics" when "confronted" with the text of the memo.
In reality, it was all in the same post, sans any 'confrontation' or whatever other silliness you want to remember about it differently.
Simply put, the point about prescription drugs not being banned was the exact point I was originally trying to make when I was telling you it was a myth that the memo banned steroids.
You took the exact point I was trying to make, quoted it from the text of the memo, and thought you were throwing it up in some great 'confrontation' that proved my claim of 'myth' false, when in fact,
it's the exact thing I said from the beginning.
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Listen, Drew.....I understand that it was the first time you had ever actually SEEN the memo yourself, rather than going on what you read from SI as you had up until that point.....but in your excitement at some glorious 'confrontation' or wannaba Perry Mason Moment..... you fail to realize that not everyone limits their research to drinking what the sports media pours them, and I've been more that keenly aware of that memo for much longer before you even bothered to actually read it, rather than see it misrepresented by sports media.
And lost in all of this was your original mischaracterization of the memo, citing ESPN, which convienently quoted the memo out of context and failed to mention in any coverage that it did not prohibit presecription steroids.
It was a misguided attempt to imply that
all steroids were banned, when they weren't.