Minn Vikings RB busted at airport with device to avoid drug detection

[Queasy]

Apologies if repost

May 11 MINNEAPOLIS ? The NFL was considering whether to penalize Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith after it was revealed he was caught at the Twin Cities airport with an elaborate contraption designed to beat drug tests.

A search of a bag Smith was carrying April 21 turned up several vials of dried urine and a device called "The Original Whizzinator," which includes a fake penis, bladder and athletic supporter. An NFL spokesman said using the device during a drug test would be a violation of league drug policies, but it wasn't clear whether there were penalties for possessing one outside of a testing situation.

Airport police took an interest in Smith's possessions because the urine powder looked like cocaine, according to a police report of the April 21 incident, first reported in Wednesday's Star Tribune. Smith told police the dried urine was for his cousin. Smith was briefly questioned and then released.

The stakes are high for Smith, who has two strikes against him under the league's substance abuse policy. He got the second last season and was suspended for four games but was still the team's top rusher. Another violation could earn him a yearlong suspension.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said a league investigation would determine whether there should be a penalty for simply possessing a device designed to beat a drug test. He said the device Smith was carrying wouldn't have fooled the NFL.

"Our program requires that players be visually observed from the front giving the sample with their shirts off and pants down to their knees, making the effectiveness of such an effort remote," he said in a prepared statement.

David Cornwell, an attorney representing Smith, declined to answer questions, instead issuing a statement that said the kit was given to Smith and the player put it in his bag and forgot about it. Cornwell said "it was obvious that (the kit) would be useless" in fooling the NFL's testing program.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Queasy

"Our program requires that players be visually observed from the front giving the sample with their shirts off and pants down to their knees, making the effectiveness of such an effort remote," he said in a prepared statement.

Sounds like a hell of a job.:Q

 

[cerebusPu]

the nurses who watch the sports pros pee must get a huge rush out of it.

and if they are guys....then either they are disgusted with their jobs or they are gay!

 

[Argo]

"Our program requires that players be visually observed from the front giving the sample with their shirts off and pants down to their knees, making the effectiveness of such an effort remote," he said in a prepared statement.

That's an aweful job:

- "So what do you do?"
- "Oh, I make sure that NFL players are actually the ones peeing the the cup"
- "So you test their urine?"
- "No, I just watch them pee in it"

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Apologies if repost

May 11 MINNEAPOLIS ? The NFL was considering whether to penalize Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith after it was revealed he was caught at the Twin Cities airport with an elaborate contraption designed to beat drug tests.

A search of a bag Smith was carrying April 21 turned up several vials of dried urine and a device called "The Original Whizzinator," which includes a fake penis, bladder and athletic supporter. An NFL spokesman said using the device during a drug test would be a violation of league drug policies, but it wasn't clear whether there were penalties for possessing one outside of a testing situation.

Airport police took an interest in Smith's possessions because the urine powder looked like cocaine, according to a police report of the April 21 incident, first reported in Wednesday's Star Tribune. Smith told police the dried urine was for his cousin. Smith was briefly questioned and then released.

The stakes are high for Smith, who has two strikes against him under the league's substance abuse policy. He got the second last season and was suspended for four games but was still the team's top rusher. Another violation could earn him a yearlong suspension.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said a league investigation would determine whether there should be a penalty for simply possessing a device designed to beat a drug test. He said the device Smith was carrying wouldn't have fooled the NFL.

"Our program requires that players be visually observed from the front giving the sample with their shirts off and pants down to their knees, making the effectiveness of such an effort remote," he said in a prepared statement.

David Cornwell, an attorney representing Smith, declined to answer questions, instead issuing a statement that said the kit was given to Smith and the player put it in his bag and forgot about it. Cornwell said "it was obvious that (the kit) would be useless" in fooling the NFL's testing program.

Police: "What is your cousin's name."
Smith: "I don't know."
Police: "It's your cousin's, but you don't know his name?"

 

[imthebadguy]

figures...comeon you know these guys doit

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Drug policy violations so flagrant like this one should be punished by kicking the player out of the league and banning him from ever playing again. This is getting ridiculous. Management needs to grow some balls and start doing something about the drug problem -something that will make the players think twice about getting caught.

 

[allisolm]

...the kit was given to Smith and the player put it in his bag and forgot about it.

Yeah, every time I go to board an airplane with a fake penis in my luggage, it slips my mind completely, too.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Nik
Drug policy violations so flagrant like this one should be punished by kicking the player out of the league and banning him from ever playing again. This is getting ridiculous. Management needs to grow some balls and start doing something about the drug problem -something that will make the players think twice about getting caught.

O. Smith already has two strikes against him under the NFL drug policy. Another strike will result in a year-long suspension. I hope this will count as another strike.

Worth noting that Smith transferred from the Univ of Tennessee to Univ of Oregon because of drug problems while at UT. You know they had to be serious if he left UT (violation? what violation?).

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Nik
Drug policy violations so flagrant like this one should be punished by kicking the player out of the league and banning him from ever playing again. This is getting ridiculous. Management needs to grow some balls and start doing something about the drug problem -something that will make the players think twice about getting caught.

O. Smith already has two strikes against him under the NFL drug policy. Another strike will result in a year-long suspension. I hope this will count as another strike.

Worth noting that Smith transferred from the Univ of Tennessee to Univ of Oregon because of drug problems while at UT. You know they had to be serious if he left UT (violation? what violation?).

Yeah, he got kicked out because of drug problems.

 

[SweetUserName]

Hes making the Vikes look good. Maybe not

 

[emmpee]

Guys, he couldn't possibly have been using this himself to beat an NFL drug test.

For NFL drug tests, you need to take off your shirt and pull your pants below your knees, and take the test while being observed. This device would be VERY noticeable.

 

[Pepsei]

sounds like a repost that i bumped yesterdy.

 

[geecee]

I guess I should avoid him in my fantasy football draft then, eh?

 

[NyteCrawler]

Too bad, he's got a lot of talent. I really can' t say much as a Packers fan, Ahman Green is on trial for domestic abuse. NFL players are such good role models.

 

[Anonemous]

first that actor using the whizzinator and now this nfl player...

that whizzinator sure is being used alot...

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Nik
Drug policy violations so flagrant like this one should be punished by kicking the player out of the league and banning him from ever playing again. This is getting ridiculous. Management needs to grow some balls and start doing something about the drug problem -something that will make the players think twice about getting caught.

O. Smith already has two strikes against him under the NFL drug policy. Another strike will result in a year-long suspension. I hope this will count as another strike.

Worth noting that Smith transferred from the Univ of Tennessee to Univ of Oregon because of drug problems while at UT. You know they had to be serious if he left UT (violation? what violation?).

So Minnesota would not have a running game???? Say it ain't so...