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UMMMM WELL - what is the difference - performance enhancing.

Quigs

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PERFORMANCE ENHANCING.... (never happens in the NRL )
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Revealed: Sports science secrets of the South Sydney Rabbitohs as they head into grand final

THIS is the top-secret sports science technology that has given the South Sydney Rabbitohs the power and strength edge to demolish their premiership rivals this season.

The blood-energising chips and ice fluid treatment had to be cleared by the NRL because its usage was banned by the NFL after the Baltimore Ravens won the 2013 Super Bowl.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...073247432?nk=6e8a8e54a4729dad5d35d75cd05c9d9a
 
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I don't see a difference at all. Same goes with pain killing injections - need it to play - performance enhancing.

BUT, they are Souths, the darlings of the NRL and we are, well, the Sharks - simple.
 

Card Shark

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Banned by the NFL but allowed by the NRL. What tha!!!!

I hope the NRL told all clubs it was ok to use when the Rabbits were given the green light, just like they should've warned us about Dank after he was punted from Manly. :roll:
 

Lurkingshark

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So the NFL, who still (via their players union) refuses to bow to WADA's demands to test for Human Growth Hormone, has banned these devices.

I'm really struggling to get past the fact that creams which aid in injury recovery time are banned while something which aids endurance is not.

Can anybody explain how this is so? Are there going to be any media types who ask the tough questions?
If this is not f**king cheating.....I'm speechless.

What if the Sharks had started using these things and the three f**ksticks got wind of it?

Surely this is an artificial boosting of endurance levels? FFS.
 

The Popper

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Wot's the difference? The difference is that we are the Sharks.
In similar vein, Luke will possibly get off, with pundits saying he shouldn't miss the GF. They didn't say that in '78 for Greg Pierce or Dane Sorenson. And even then, they needed Hartley to put us out. Barstuds!!!
 

Quigs

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Wot's the difference? The difference is that we are the Sharks.
In similar vein, Luke will possibly get off, with pundits saying he shouldn't miss the GF. They didn't say that in '78 for Greg Pierce or Dane Sorenson. And even then, they needed Hartley to put us out. Barstuds!!!

And correct me if I am wrong here Popper, but Greg Pierce was the Aussie Vice Captain and considered one of the fairest players in the comp at a time when there were some real ferals playing the game.

My point. They would not show any leniency towards the aussie VC, why ....... why - cronullafied.
 
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The NFL bans it, this is the code which basically allows anything, and is being investigated nothing will be found in the NFL.

But for the NRL to allow something banned by the NFL is a joke, complete joke.

So i wonder if we are using the NFL for guidance, when a couple of there players return for domestic charges is the NRL going to use same guidance there.
 

Frailty

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If you have a look at what they are using, there is no basis for it to be banned to be perfectly honest.

The performance chips are crap. From their site: "The same as Chinese medicine has identified the meridians that form electrical pathways throughout the body, our technology allows for the continual and unhindered flow of energy throughout these meridians, without the need for needles, heat or pressure".

Do I need to go into the fact that meridians are non-existant and just pseudoscience?

As for the performance ice - it just cools the body. No different to many of the other sprays that clubs use.

I will happily point out where the NRL is unbalanced and blatantly biased, but these things are nothing like we were supposed to have taken.
 

El Diablo

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So the NFL, who still (via their players union) refuses to bow to WADA's demands to test for Human Growth Hormone, has banned these devices..

no

Rothfield is making it sound that way

his antler spray is but the chips are fine http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/02/01/ray-lewis-mitch-ross-deer-antler-spray/1885081/
He said he shipped 600 chips to safety James Ihedigbo to distribute to Ravens players before their playoff wins against the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. The chips are not banned by the league.
 
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Southern Shark

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Notice players tried to dupe fans and journos by writing loving rubbish words on their wrist tape. Wonder who gave them up. Been wearing them most of the year. Dank would be all over these things. Get square time against the Nrl.
 

Southern Shark

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Notice players tried to dupe fans and journos by writing loving rubbish words on their wrist tape. Wonder who gave them up. Been wearing them most of the year. Dank would be all over these things. Get square time against the Nrl. Also Nrl cant ban them now because Souths would have to he removed from the finals. Problematic. Better to say they are harmless little nothings. They just happen to make four huge brothers run and tackle all game.
 

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