Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has come under recent scrutiny after Al Jazeera America aired a documentary, The Dark Side, which insinuated the veteran quarterback may have taken HGH in 2011 when he was recovering from multiple neck surgeries. Investigative reporter Deborah Davies has since said the documentary never claimed to have proof the quarterback took HGH, only that HGH was delivered by Guyer Institute to Ashley Manning (Peyton's wife) in Florida on multiple occasions. My question is, even if Peyton Manning did take HGH while attempting to recover from injury, why should it matter?
PEDs (performance-enhancing drugs) have been bastardized in the sports world, and rightly so if athletes use them to gain an unfair advantage on their competition (on the field/court/etc.). However, why, if an athlete and his/her doctor feel HGH (or another PED) will help speed up the recovery from an injury, is it also looked down upon? It would have been one thing if Peyton Manning had used a PED while healthy during the season of play. It's quite another for him to use HGH to try and recover more quickly from multiple neck surgeries. Shouldn't this be more between an athlete and his/her doctor than an athlete and the moral sports police? If Peyton Manning were to be caught using PEDs while actively playing football, I'd think less of his career. However, if Peyton Manning were to be caught using a PED while trying to recover from an injury, and especially at the age of 35, I'd think no less of him as a player and honestly don't think anyone else should either. Trying to recover from an injury in order to participate in a sport is far different than trying to garner a significant advantage while playing that sport.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2015/12/29/peyton-manning-hgh-al-jazeera-america-reporter-defends-documentary/78016904/
https://parkerhedrick1.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/using-peds-for-injury-recovery/
PEDs (performance-enhancing drugs) have been bastardized in the sports world, and rightly so if athletes use them to gain an unfair advantage on their competition (on the field/court/etc.). However, why, if an athlete and his/her doctor feel HGH (or another PED) will help speed up the recovery from an injury, is it also looked down upon? It would have been one thing if Peyton Manning had used a PED while healthy during the season of play. It's quite another for him to use HGH to try and recover more quickly from multiple neck surgeries. Shouldn't this be more between an athlete and his/her doctor than an athlete and the moral sports police? If Peyton Manning were to be caught using PEDs while actively playing football, I'd think less of his career. However, if Peyton Manning were to be caught using a PED while trying to recover from an injury, and especially at the age of 35, I'd think no less of him as a player and honestly don't think anyone else should either. Trying to recover from an injury in order to participate in a sport is far different than trying to garner a significant advantage while playing that sport.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2015/12/29/peyton-manning-hgh-al-jazeera-america-reporter-defends-documentary/78016904/
https://parkerhedrick1.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/using-peds-for-injury-recovery/
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