Can't trust that day

If you're a current NFL player, Monday was a bummer. If you're an NFL player who uses human-growth hormone, it was a double bummer.

First, a jury told the NFL Players Assn. to cough up $28.1 million in damages to retired players who were victimized when the players union blew off contracts that should have given the old guys money for the use of their images in video games, trading cards and the like.

Herb Adderley, shown above, was the name plaintiff in the class-action suit.

“(The union) betrayed us,” said Adderley, who played for the Green Bay Packers back in the Vince Lombardi days. “We put our trust and faith in them, and they betrayed us.”

The verdict may be just the beginning, as it, in one former player's words, "opens the door for Congress to revisit the many wrongful denials of disability benefits."

Second, an L.A. Times story reported that Don Catlin, called "the guru of sports doping," is getting close to a test for HGH. For all the cheaters in the NFL — and you know who you are — that can't be good news.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nflretire11-2008nov11,0,62056.story


http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-hgh11-2008nov11,0,2162471.story