So true. You've played alongside way more than I ever did. I played high school sports with and against about two dozen or so guys that eventually played in the nfl and it truly was hysterical the physical difference between them and the rest of us.As someone who played college football, im 100% positive there is a mix of clean and unclean guys in the league.
But no one is coming into the league already on gear. Guys from BAMA are not on cycles, guys from Bama are already big and strong with superior genetics.
1000% positive DK is clean and if anything will use some GH when he's battling injuries.
Even if you look at the list of who fails the PED policy, most are lineman and linebackers who are absorbing the most hits and are injured. Its a recovery drug for them, not a get big drug. Dudes in the NFL are already big.
GH is muuuuch more prevalent in the NFL that cycles are.
Once again this is strictly from a football perspective. Baseball is 100% different.
This thread also makes me seriously realize that most guys have not seen superior genetics up close. Its ridiculous to see in person.
I do think most pros use performance enhancers (not necessarily aas) simply because it's in their financial interest to do so. But the amount of muscle they carry is rarely a product of massive amounts of aas use. As you say, the guys that do potentially use a sizeable amount are already naturally very big and strong. In football (American at least lol), the skill positions would not benefit from large amounts of aas. In fact, that would probably hinder them. But after reading Charlie Francis' writing, it's pretty apparent that even the genetically elite use and benefit from aas. The amounts they use are probably paltry compared to even casual bodybuilders though.