I think its just a shame that with his career winding down that someone has to dig this shit up now. Let the man retire with some dignity. Personally I don't give a rats ass if he had some assistance in healing his serious neck injury 3-4 years back.
...like it or not, if the accusations are true, he still purposely tried to circumvent the rules of the game and he was well aware of the consequences. ...and if they are true, he's also unfortunately taken the Pete Rose route of denying any wrong doing.
Honestly I think some of these guys would be a whole lot better off if they would just take the Andy Pettitte approach, "Yes I took this product when I tore my knee up, or for this or that injury, but it was never my intent to use it to gain an advantage, It was meant for healing purposes only" This way you're not only admitting that you took a product but also that you only took it for injury purposes. At least the public would be a little more understanding with that kind of an explanation.
http://www.supplementcritique.com/alpha-rush-pro-review-shocking-truth-revealed/ This supplement combo is a scam and they are tacking on Manning's name. There is nothing in the listed contents that constitute banned substances. If the NFL adds this to their non-approved list, big-whoop....shit goes on and comes off those lists all the time and it has nothing to do with PEDs. Only way you are making that kind of transformation without diet & exercise are thru the use of specific hormone and metabolic modulators. Those are either clinical or approved drus...and I guarantee you that no supplement company will (1) get their hands on pure API and (2) be able to formulate said API into a supplement that you can buy on Amazon. It's critical to note that some competition banned agents are in fact medically prescribed therapeutics. IMO, anything an athlete while physically unable to perform, is between him/her and their medical staff. As long as the rules are followed when they return to the field, there is no story.
We're on the same page Tom, this is looking more & more like someone just making a story out of something that shouldn't be.
And here we go...AJ America announces shut down of all TV and digital operations as of 4/30. So their little attempt at fabricating stories for ratings failed.