Romanowski Says He Dodged NFL Drug Policy

AP ^ | 5/17/5

[SmithL]

DENVER (AP) --

Bill Romanowski says he stayed one step ahead of the NFL's drug policy during his 16-year career, always taking nutritional supplements that the league had not yet banned.

"As soon as they found out that something could be tested for, I stopped taking it. I didn't want that embarrassment, but I pushed that envelope ethically and morally because if I could take something that would help me perform better and it wasn't on the list, I was going to take it," Romanowski said in an interview published Tuesday in the Rocky Mountain News.

"I had two criteria: Would it hurt me? And would I test positive?"

"In the end, there's been some embarrassment at what I had to deal with," he said.

He said he took supplements because he was "insecure."

[squidly]

Well, if he wasn't taking banned supplements, then he wasn't taking banned supplements. Ethically, I don't see a problem with taking something and then discontinuing use when it's banned.

[Terabitten]

I've disliked Romanowski ever since he spit on a Carolina Panther player in 1998 or 1999. As far as I'm concerned, he might have been a good player, but he sucked as a human being.

[jra]

I wish Bill Frist would display similar savvy in making Senate rules work in our favor.

[scott says]

I never liked this guy, he always came across as a real jerk.

[Wycowboy]

I've disliked Romanowski ever since he spit on a Carolina Panther player in 1998 or 1999

Actually it was a 49er player he spit on.

[Terabitten]

Actually it was a 49er player he spit on.

I stand corrected.

Either way, my opinion of the man remains unchanged.

[Asphalt]

Sorry, I'm very late

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[Asphalt]

Always seemed arrogant, stuck up. A real loser.

[BigBadWolf]

You said it. Never did like the guy.

[Asphalt]

a good example is that whole ugly trial about him punching the guy in practice and ending his career.

[scott says]

The two pics are from when that trial was unfolding.That incident was terrible, he was a real jerk all thru his career, just a real SOB.

[Asphalt]

"your honor, he pushed me from behind, so naturally I had to defend myself, and that's why I ended his NFL career, robbing him of potential millions.

[mainepatsfan]

A good player who couldn't control his temper.

[SmithL]

I think that's called `Roid Rage.

[mainepatsfan]

Yup.

[Niteranger68]

"I've disliked Romanowski ever since he spit on a Carolina Panther player in 1998 or 1999. As far as I'm concerned, he might have been a good player, but he sucked as a human being."

You may be thinking of the time he put a hit on Kerry Collins (Carolina) in the pre-season and broke his jaw. Everything about that hit was dirty. It was a late hit with the top of the helmet straight into Collins left jaw. It was very much a "Tatum-like" hit, only far less legal.

[The KG9 Kid]

Romo a bastard? Sure.

Also and undeniably awesome linebacker destined for the Football Hall of Fame.

[Terabitten]

Yeah, I'd mixed the two events.

I still think Romanowski was a loser - on and off the field.

[squidly]

It was very much a "Tatum-like" hit, only far less legal.

Tatum's hit on Stingley was not flagged, nor should it have been.