San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates scores past Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker K.J. Wright during the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Doping
OK, last week Antonio Gates – a future NFL Hall of Famer, mind you – was suspended four games for PED use. He denied it.
Tuesday, we learned that PGA golfer Scott Stalling has been suspended three months for doping.
While Stalling is not a household name by any means, he is the first acknowledged PGA player to get the full punishment for PEDs. (Not sure that Vijay Singh’s flirtation with deer antler spray counts, but we’ll mention it here too.)
But the collective shoulder shrug of Gates combined with Stallings’ run-in with the PED police makes us wonder: