RECENTLY AL JAZEERA DID AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON
DRUG USE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
DURING THE DOCUMENTARY, THERE WAS A PORTION DEDICATED TO
PEYTON MANNING ALLEGEDLY ACCESSING AND TAKING HUMAN
GROWTH HORMONE.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE YOU
MORE DETAILS.
>> PEYTON MANNING'S CAREER ALMOST ENDED IN INJURY.
>> THE GUYER INSTITUTE IN INDIANAPOLIS OFFERS A RANGE
OF ANTIAGING TREATMENTS.
THEY ARE CONFIRMED CHARLIE WORKED IN THEIR PHARMACY IN
2011.
THAT WAS ALSO THE SEASON PEYTON MANNING MISSED THROUGH INJURY.
>> AFTER THAT DOCUMENTARY AIRED ESPN CAUGHT UP WITH PEYTON
MANNING AND HE HAD A VERY EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW WITH THEM.
YOU SHOULD WATCH THAT BUT ESSENTIALLY HE SAID THE
DOCUMENTARY IS COMPLETELY FABRICATED.
"IT'S COMPLETELY FABRICATED, COMPLETE TRASH, GARBAGE."
HE GOES ON ABOUT HOW HIS WIFE HAD AN INJURY AND
THAT IS WHY THE HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE WAS SENT TO HER.
HOW DARE YOU GUYS GET MY WIFE INVOLVED.
HE ALSO SAID HE ATTENDED THE GUYER INSTITUTE IN INDIANA
WHERE THE PHARMACIST WORKS WHO ALLEGEDLY WAS SENDING HGH
TO MANNING'S WIFE TO RECOVER FROM A NECK INJURY IN 2011.
HE SAID HE WENT THERE BECAUSE HE HAD A NECK INJURY.
I AM NOT INTO SPORTS AT ALL, BUT I KNOW THAT HE HAD CAUSED
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO HIS BODY PLAYING FOOTBALL.
HE WANTED TO GET BACK INTO THE SPORT, BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT
THERE WAS NO CHANCE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE MADE A COMEBACK.
I READ THIS GREAT OP ED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT HOW
NFL PLAYERS ARE NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN 50, 60,
70 POUNDS BIGGER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.
IT IS NOT A BIG STORY WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT AN NFL PLAYER
IS USING HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE, IT IS A BIG STORY WHEN YOU
FIND OUT THAT IN NFL PLAYER IS NOT USING IT.
>> LET'S KEEP IT REAL.
PEOPLE FEARED THAT HE HAD IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO HIS
NECK, AND SUDDENLY IT WAS REPAIRED.
SOMETIMES A MIRACULOUS RECOVERY IS SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY MADE IT SEEM AS IF THIS GUY HAD SUCH GOOD CHARACTER
THAT HE WILLED HIS NECK BACK INTO PLACE.
>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE NFL ESPECIALLY, THEY TURN
THESE PLAYERS INTO HEROES.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY ARE, I GET IT, BUT I THINK THE WAY
THE NFL IS SET UP IT CREATES AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO TAKE
THESE DRUGS.
THERE IS AN INCENTIVE REGARDLESS OF WHAT SPORT YOU ARE IN,
BUT COMPARE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TO FOOTBALL.
YOUR CONTRACT IS NOT GUARANTEED IN THE NFL.
IF YOU ARE INJURED, YOU STAND TO LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IN BASEBALL, YOU HAVE A GUARANTEED CONTRACT.
I FEEL LIKE STAKES ARE HIGHER IN THE NFL.
>> THE NFL GETS A BAD RAP BECAUSE THEY GOT CAUGHT.
YOU ARE TELLING ME THOSE ARE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ARE NOT
ON STEROIDS?
DID THEY JUST MAGICALLY BECOME GIGANTIC OVER THE COURSE OF A
REGENERATION?
YES, GENERATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THIS MUCH LARGER?
LOOK AT THEM AND TELL THEM THEY ARE NOT ALL ON STEROIDS.
ANYBODY WHO WAS WATCHED TYT FOR A LONG TIME KNOWS THAT I
CAN'T STAND PEYTON MANNING.
BUT IT IS NOT JUST HIM, THERE IS A LONG LIST OF ATHLETES
THAT HAVE GONE TO THAT
INSTITUTE AND TOOK HGH.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS, JAMES HARRISON, DIDN'T GO
TO THE GUYER INSTITUTE TO GET HOLISTIC MEDICINE.
THEY DID NOT ALL GO GET MASSAGES AND YOGA.
ALL THESE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WENT THERE FOR A DIFFERENT
REASON.
LET ME READ YOU PEYTON MANNING'S QUOTE."
ANY MEDICAL TREATMENTS THAT MY WIFE RECEIVED, THAT IS HER
BUSINESS.
NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO HER HAVE I EVER USED.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I HAVE MY TREATMENTS THAT I DO, SHE MAY HAVE HERS AND THAT
IS HER BUSINESS.
THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO."
YOU ARE TELLING ME WHAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO YOUR NECK
INJURY IS HGH?
LOOK AT THAT, SOME GETS SENT TO YOUR WIFE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS
THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU AND YOUR NECK GETS BETTER.
BUT YOU JUST WENT TO THAT SAME INSTITUTE TO GET MASSAGES.
COME ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A PERSON NAIVE ENOUGH IN THE
COUNTRY TO BELIEVE THAT.