From reading the information available in this case, the reason he got probation is he cooperated. To what degree who knows. Over on MD people are saying he set up his co-conspiritors. Although I dont know how that would get him a reduced sentence if he was setting up people lower than him on the food chain. He was the kingpin of this certain UG lab. It will be interesting to see what the people he ratted on get for a sentence.
Maybe he got a lesser sentence because he is going to help the NFL. Who knows. I doubt most of us will ever know the "real" truth as nobody is going to post the details of thier case for all to read. If somebody did that who was busted it would make for interesting reading.
Most of the people who got busted in raw deal arent getting big sentences from what I have been able to gather. Look at gymace owner of steroid super board. He is already out of jail and it has not even been a full year yet. What the conditions were who knows. Look at MikeS. One of Pro M's own mods only got 6 months house arrest and he didnt snitch.
I think they want to make a big media spectacle about most of these things. All the feds want is thier headlines. Have we seen anybody recently get 5 years for selling on a first offense, who WAS NOT a doctor????