OT: Insight re: punishment for deer antler spray since it can't be detected

There is no way Alabama beats Notre Dame.



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Don't ever underestimate the investigative power of the NCAA. 

From what I've gathered, the amount of the chemical in question is so minimal in this antler spray, that the stuff is practically a placebo.

I have tried two bottles with heavy dosage

I guess all I care to know is whether they were successful at attracting any female deer?

in college there were some michigan ball players on juice (and some wrestlers) but it wasn't illegal.  they developed a test for that.  then guys switched to growth hormone, which they likewise made illegal but there wasn't a test for that.   then they developed a test.   with medicine doing what it does, they will almost certainly develop a test for red deer antler spray. 

and mongoose when they do, you might be thrown out of your basketball/softball/bowling league, a phariah like lance armstrong....  

the only result I received was a buck trying to hump my leg.

If true they are going to dock them a weeks pay and put LaTech on two year bowl ban and a loss of 5 scholarships for 3 years. Damn you LaTech letting Alabama take band substance in your state.

I assure you, non-human proteins can be detected in humans using relatively straightforward ELISA assays on serum.  Maybe not in deer.

The only reason you wouldn't be able to pick it up is if the use was too long ago or it was never absorbed in the first place, which is quite reasonable, because sublingual administration of non-human proteins is not a good way to deliver them.  And that's good news, because let's just take the company at its word (the company with no scientists, just ex-cons selling crap)-- let's assume it's just loaded with IGF-1 that can (1) be absorbed (2) is bioavailable to cells expressing human IGF-1 receptor.

The BEST outcome is that it does nothing.  The more likely outcome is that elevated IGF-1 levels over an extended period of time are likely to cause prostate cancer.  

Holy crap, I can't believe this is still a story. 

there is no way "they" can prove that you used anything, simply by purchasing that thing.

It doesn't work n if it did don't u think more people would use it? It has micrograms of igf1 which is what makes it illegal.. n the banned substance list for the NCAA is a joke. You can't buy a certain protein if it has to much per serving or it doesn't have the right carb to protein ratio.. What a joke... so in the end nothing should happen to them. Theyjust wasted money.. But maybe the placebo affect worked though

This stuff has to be the closest thing we have to modern day snake oil.  I mean, its an inert animal extract sold by charlatans who claim it was used by the Chinese.  The ruse hasn't even been improved in a hundred years. 

I have a strong suspicion that the reason this stuff is so rampant is that Danny Hope is no longer around to protect us from it.  

Any of us can buy it legally.  Why are those who need it the most punished and labeled as "cheaters" for taking it?  As usual, the pendulum has swung too far in the wrong direction.

I SAID GIVE ME BACK MY SPRAY, NOW!!!!

However, this one is definitely more SEC!

The Baltimore Sun article had a some more details regarding IGF-1 that were intriguing as well - (LINK)

In addition to stating that there was no effective way to deliver IGF-1 orally (per Dr. Salvatori, at Johns Hopkins, who is mentioned in both the ESPN and Baltimore Sun article), there was this as well: "IGF-1, short for insulin-like growth factor, is used to treat a rare form of dwarfism known as Laron syndrome and in other cases where children fail to produce or process growth hormone."

The reading on the studies attempting to find other applications for IGF is fascinating really. It has been tested as a treatment possibility for things as diverse as ALS and severe burns. As for the testing angle, I am not sure how it would play out in the NCAA, but according to this piece, in the NFL (referencing the Ray Lewis story), they only have to submit to a urine test, not a test for hormonal imbalance, which I assume, if I am reading this right, would be far more effective in detecting if one may have used IGF-1.

While your right about the law, they couldn't prove they took it even if they bought it and had it in their locker room. However, the NCAA is different. If they found out it was bought and was held at the athletic facilities, then they could definitely have sanctions, even if they couldn't detect it on the players.

They’re not getting away with anything because deer antler velvet doesn’t do anything.  IGF-1 cannot be taken orally, and even it could be taken orally there’s not enough of it in deer antler velvet to do anything. I’m surprised no one remembers this from the last time the media made this a big story, because the NFL and MLB banned it even though there was really no reason to.