Lee Ziemba Suspended Four Games for Using PEDs

[Proudiddy]

LOL

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2012/10/ziemba-suspended-4-games-for-violating-ped-policy.html

Ziemba suspended 4 games for violating PED policy

Panthers offensive lineman Lee Ziemba has been suspended for four games after testing positive for a banned stimulant, Ziemba said Saturday in a statement released by his agent.

Ziemba, who is on injured reserve following surgery in August, said he never knowingly ingested a performance-enhancing substance. But Ziemba has decided not to appeal the suspension, and will begin serving it immediately.

Ziemba will forfeit $116,250 – a fourth of his salary – while serving the suspension.

Ziemba, the Panthers' seventh-round pick in 2011 from Auburn, did not identify the substance in his statement. Attempts to reach him for further comment were unsuccessful.

In his statement, Ziemba said he learned of the positive test in mid-September, about a month after tearing his lateral meniscus in training camp.

“I was extremely confused and upset when I was informed of this result since I have never knowingly ingested any performance-enhancing substance,” Ziemba said. “My training regimen has included supplements that I carefully chose and believed to be free from any prohibited substance under the NFL/NFLPA policies.

“After extensive discussions and careful consideration of the terms of the NFL/NFLPA policies, I have chosen to be immediately accountable for the situation.”

Ziemba is the second Panthers' player to violate the league's PED policy this year. Defensive tackle Andre Neblett tested positive during the offseason and was suspended for the first four games of the season.

--Joseph Person

[SuperJTheGreat]

That son of a bitch.

[Mr. Scot]

Players on injured reserve getting suspended...

Boy, I love this season :(

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Likely only on the team as a favor to Cam in the first place

[jtnc]

Not this poo again.

[Panths]

Damned, there go our playoff hopes

[PhillyB]

oh no now we'll suck

[TheAmericanDream]

There went our superbowl.

[jtnc]

We really don't need to start a PED infestation in our locker room. Dumbass players.

[csx]

Meh....who cares

[Herbert The Love Bug]

Lee Ziemba did whaat??? There goes his MVP considerations

[rayzor]

“I was extremely confused and upset when I was informed of this result since I have never knowingly ingested any performance-enhancing substance,” Ziemba said. “My training regimen has included supplements that I carefully chose and believed to be free from any prohibited substance under the NFL/NFLPA policies.

“After extensive discussions and careful consideration of the terms of the NFL/NFLPA policies, I have chosen to be immediately accountable for the situation.”

translation...."i just wasn't paying attention".

[Marguide]

How do you immediately start serving the suspension when you're on IR? Can he just give up game checks without being available to play and satisfy the suspension?

[Zod]

He thought they were PEZ