Golden Tate considering suing doctor who prescribed fertility drugs
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Giants wide receiver Golden Tate says he is considering taking legal action against the doctor who prescribed him the fertility drug clomiphene, resulting in his four-game suspension, Ryan Dunleavy of NJ Advance Media reports.
Tate’s timeline of events goes like this: He took the drug (brand name “Clomid”), was randomly tested under the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy in April, was alerted to its illegality before the test results came in and self-reported usage to the authorities hoping for an act of leniency.
“Initially the doctor said it was not a banned substance. In fact, he had given it to other NFL players, which I trusted it and kept living my life," a solemn and transparent Tate said after Wednesday’s practice.
“I was out to dinner one night with a guy who works for me and we were talking about another player who got suspended for something completely different. A light kind of just went off in my head, ‘Let me call the doctor and make sure just to make myself feel better.’ I asked him what the active ingredient was, and we looked it up right then and there and sure enough it was a banned substance.”
Clomid is the same drug that caused former Colts star Robert Mathis to be hit with a four-game suspension in 2014. Like Mathis, Tate appealed and lost under the zero-tolerance policy collectively bargained with the NFL Players’ Association that states players are responsible for all substances in their body.
“I have no problem accepting the punishment,” Tate said. “Ultimately, I’m responsible for what’s put in my body. The tough thing I’m dealing with is I’m letting down a lot of people: My family, the guys in the locker room, the organization that brought me here. That’s what’s been crushing me."
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Aug
14
8/14/2019 2:42:12 PM
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Giants wide receiver Golden Tate says he is considering taking legal action against the doctor who prescribed him the fertility drug clomiphene, resulting in his four-game suspension, Ryan Dunleavy of NJ Advance Media reports.
Tate’s timeline of events goes like this: He took the drug (brand name “Clomid”), was randomly tested under the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy in April, was alerted to its illegality before the test results came in and self-reported usage to the authorities hoping for an act of leniency.
“Initially the doctor said it was not a banned substance. In fact, he had given it to other NFL players, which I trusted it and kept living my life," a solemn and transparent Tate said after Wednesday’s practice.
“I was out to dinner one night with a guy who works for me and we were talking about another player who got suspended for something completely different. A light kind of just went off in my head, ‘Let me call the doctor and make sure just to make myself feel better.’ I asked him what the active ingredient was, and we looked it up right then and there and sure enough it was a banned substance.”
Clomid is the same drug that caused former Colts star Robert Mathis to be hit with a four-game suspension in 2014. Like Mathis, Tate appealed and lost under the zero-tolerance policy collectively bargained with the NFL Players’ Association that states players are responsible for all substances in their body.
“I have no problem accepting the punishment,” Tate said. “Ultimately, I’m responsible for what’s put in my body. The tough thing I’m dealing with is I’m letting down a lot of people: My family, the guys in the locker room, the organization that brought me here. That’s what’s been crushing me."
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