An anonymous Seattle Seahawks player told ESPN on Thursday that when it comes to drug testing, the National Football League treats its players like “criminals.”
“We are being treated like criminals, tested like people on parole,” the player said.
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Star running back Marshawn Lynch has begrudgingly attended his required Super Bowl media events after the league threatened to fine him $500,000, but has mostly used them to make a point of proving he was only there to meet the NFL’s requirements.
Seahawks cornerback has come to Lynch’s defense, noting that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn’t required to speak to the media as much as Lynch. Sherman also expressed frustration that the league threatened to pull Lynch from the NFC Championship Game if he wore gold shoes, but likely wouldn’t suspend anyone on the New England Patriots over “deflategate” in time for the Super Bowl.
