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Originally Posted by Gibbsmeatitle#1
I don't mean to start a controversy, but in the face of the Mitchell report doesn't it seem strange that no one has yet addressed potential steroid abuse among NFL referees. I mean we've had at least one living example for many years, arguably the most popular ref in the NFL, Ed Hochuli.
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Ya can't tell me he's all natural. The man is 57 years old, a trial attorney and has six kids! Where did he find the strength for that? And now we also have a 61 year old referee, Jim Quirk, putting Green Bay linebacker, Nick Barnett, in a rear naked choke that Chuck Liddell would envy. Even more stunning is the fact that the player threatened to file a grievance because he was subdued by a man twice his age!
YouTube - Nick Barnett taken out by Umpire Jim Quirk
I just wanted to assure everyone that I am absolutely serious about my concern for this issue and this is not some feeble attempt at comic relief for us before a monumental game against our archrival. Honest. |
Is this for real?
Anyone who knows anything about bodybuilding or steroids can tell you that Ed Hochuli is NOT juicing. I lifted competitively at one point and have spent lots of time around guys who have done it naturally and guys who have not.
Steroid users have a certain look, which Hochuli simply does not have. Probably the biggest proof is that Hochuli is also not really that big - if he's juicing, he's doing a pretty bad job at it. Like skinsfan69 said, anyone with a moderate amount of work and proper diet could look like Hochuli. Thinking that his size or fitness level is abnormal shows an alarming lack of knowledge of fitness and diet.
And how does a ref putting a guy in a headlock serve as any proof that anyone is using steroids?? And how does this thread even exist?
And why am I responding to it?
