Former NFL Player Talks About Steroids With BigButtRadio.com

Rob Tobeck, All Pro center, defends NFL drug policy as strictest in all of professional sports.

April 4, 2007

Rob Tobeck may be recently retired from the Seattle Seahawks, but he still has strong feelings about the public's perception of drug use in the NFL. Talking on the Internet radio show, www.bigbuttradio.com, he says emphatically, "I was in the league for 13 seasons and I can tell you from personal experience that the NFL takes the abuse of performance enhancing drugs very seriously. We can't even take Sudafed without our trainer's permission. We've had a very stringent drug policy in the NFL since 1993."

Asked by host Andy Savage why the public should even care, "After all, your sport is supposed to be played by unnaturally big, aggressive guys." Tobeck was quick to defend the game he gave so much of himself to. "To remain in this game, I've had to keep my bodyweight at around 300 pounds and I did that by lifting in the gym, eating the right foods and not being tempted to take shortcuts. Take baseball for example, all those home run records are now in question."

And when Savage asked about Shawne Merriman, the San Diego Charger's linebacker who was suspended four games last season for testing positive for steroids. Tobeck responded, "Yes and you heard a lot of players coming out against him. I think football players may be more active about keeping the sport clean. By contrast, the policy of Major League Baseball is far looser."

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