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Manny, WTF?

Man Ram got popped for a banned substance and is out for 50 games. The suspension will cost him about $7 million in forgone salary.

As is always the case there is some ambiguity about what the real story is; was there something in a prescription that he did not know about, did he willfully do the wrong thing or is the answer somewhere in the middle?

Regardless of what the truth may be, unlikely we ever get the truth, this is inexplicable. If there was something in a prescription (assuming the most benign possible explanation) how is there not someone watching his back to find out what is in the prescription and whether it is banned or not.

If you assume the most malignant reason then how, with they way the testing is supposedly done, could he think he would be able pull a fast one?

While he has always been able to hit you have to wonder where the common sense has gone or if ever had any to begin with.

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