Wednesday, February 15, 2012


Roburt Sallie, the 6'5 Guard from Memphis who was a shining star in the 2009 NCAA tournament scoring 35 points in 36 minutes by going 10 for 15 at the 3 point line has diminished his rather bright future for what he thought was larger future.  Sallie has been playing ball in Spain to chase his dream as a professional basketball player in the NBA.  Unfortunately, Sallie was cut from his team in early December after testing positive for doping.  

According to the FIBA rules and regulations, players are selected at random to complete a drug screening, before the test they are to list all types of medications, vitamins, foreign substances that they put into their bodies. On November 18, his team won the ENIAC Knet & Rioja, 83-75, with 5 points in his 20 minutes of play. After a celebratory party Sallie was randomly chosen to take a drug test.  Prior to Sallie's testing he listed he had been taking multi-vitamins, and a male enhancement pill - but he was unsure of the name.  As a result Sallie was cut from the team for not following the anti-doping policy and taking "Extenze". 
Sallie did an interview with Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com to straighten out what must be a really hard situation for him. Sallie said he did not take penis enlargement pills, as the team claimed, but rather sexual potency pills. He was drug-tested in November, and as part of it, he was asked about anything he might have taken. Sallie said he wrote down that he took "a male enhancement pill," saying "it's something I've tried, it's my personal business, and I'm proud to say I did it."
 



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