Like many people interested in the NFL, former player Donte Stallworth was surprised to learn about the DEA’s investigation and inspection of NFL teams on Sunday.
The investigation has to do with the way NFL teams administer prescription drugs to players.
Stallworth, who played for six different NFL teams during his career from 2002-2013, said on Twitter he began to notice a change in around 2010 or 2011 concerning the way franchises handled prescription drugs.
Here are some of his tweets:
I will say the NFL did start to regulate what the team docs gave players before and after games since 2010 or 2011.
— Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) November 16, 2014
Also, docs were limited in to what they could travel with on planes (crossing state borders) playing away games.
— Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) November 16, 2014
Stallworth also tweeted to combat some of the outrage the NFL might be facing, saying that painkillers are necessary for players who suffer brutal injuries while playing the physical sport.
And please, let's get this straight. It's not all "giving players pain meds to keep them on the field."
— Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) November 16, 2014
Unlike ANY other sport guys regularly get injured. Like really injured. Broken bones, sprained/torn ligaments, etc. Pain meds are necessary.
— Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) November 16, 2014
And after the games, under those circumstances, some guys will needs meds to combat the excruciating pain.
— Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) November 16, 2014
First the government got involved regarding all the concussions in the NFL, and now they are looking into the prescription drugs issue. This is going to get very interesting.
