The NFL has ordered Raiders coach Hue Jackson to sever all ties with “Sports With Alternatives to Steroids” after the company’s website acknowledged that a substance it distributes contains IGF-1 “and other growth factors.”
IGF-1 is already banned by the NFL, and “other growth factors” sounds like a growth hormone. Jackson previously endorsed the company, but stopped doing so last month. “S.W.A.T.S.” owner Mitch Ross claims to have distributed substances to Bengals S Roy Williams, Ravens LB Ray Lewis, and Jets RBs coach Anthony Lynn. Rams LB David Vobora is suing S.W.A.T.S. after allegedly using one of the company’s sprays got him suspended in 2009.