There’s been a lot of speculation about New York Giants receiver Golden Tate ever since early in training camp when it was revealed that Tate might be suspended for taking a banned substance – it seems to have been prescribed to him rather innocently, at a fertility clinic, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a banned substance nonetheless, at least in the eyes of the NFL. The punishment for the crime? A four game suspension starting in week one of the regular season.
Tate immediately appealed the suspension and there was some talk over whether or not the appeal would be accepted, but the general consensus was that the NFL would stick to the established precedent of not making exceptions to their substance policy because of freak cases like this one.