Golden Tate took responsibility for taking a banned substance — but blamed a fertility doctor for prescribing it.
A day after the NFL denied his appeal of his four-game suspension, the Giants receiver said the doctor misled him.
Tate, who is trying to have another child with his wife, said his doctor told him the treatments, which contained the banned substance clomiphene, would not violate the NFL’s banned substance list.
“I think ultimately because the doctor had said no, it’s not a banned substance and I have prescribed it to other NFL guys,” Tate said Wednesday when asked why he didn’t consult the league or the Giants.