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Is football during blind eye to performance enhancing drugs?

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    NFL Hall of Famers Harry Carson and Marcus Allen weigh in

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They were just two days away from the kick off a Super Bowl 47.

That's not the only sports story dominating the headlines in recent weeks.

Everyone's been talking about from the president on down performance enhancing drugs and how they've -- -- the profession for example French parking.

These drugs are in high school there in college and their pro football and nobody's talking -- -- you talk about the safety of football.

When you have these drugs in your body your putting -- 506070.

Pounds.

The collisions are or or or more intense because of the size and the speed of the players so therefore you're gonna have more.

Injury.

More concussions more brain damage that we've ever seen before and lord knows we've seen enough up.

Self how we really turning a blind eye when it comes to.

Drugs in pro football when you talk about safety we don't talk about performance and answers are we really addressing it joining us -- two guys that lived it and succeeded in it.

Harry Carson take your -- to the New York Giants Super Bowl champion and still look at it today oh but these guys out knows a privilege to have it.

And Marcus Allen no Super Bowl will be completed we don't -- a market salad interview Super Bowl and be paid.

And -- hall of famers both the first off the number one topic guys -- safety Harry you're the first especially talk about head injuries in this game as hard as you play as hard as you get.

Now we're coming around to what you think -- -- and get done.

Well I think.

The way that we played -- game from dog will be.

Probably changed a little bit it because if it's all about trying to keep.

They hit out of the game and in terms of hitting and the helmet to helmet hits and so forth.

You have to.

You can't you can't really regulate it's going to be up to the players we trained not to use their kids in and making plays you know it.

-- with -- they'll cheer might be a relating to know what -- a Junior -- one of the greatest in the greatest guys of all time you knew him very well and Marcus Allen.

Shot himself in the chest that we could analyze his brain as who -- damage is done.

Do you think when it comes to performance enhancer is with now.

Up until like you need to know 300 pounders in the NFL he's going to be 24 playing in the Super Bowl guys that big that strong actually look into that.

The blood testing that's not been implemented yet.

-- Testing science will always -- -- -- testing so that's going to be critical.

I just think guys -- bigger and stronger because of nutrition I think the advances and training -- -- -- training all these different things so.

I just wouldn't just.

Endorse what.

-- -- It's it would certainly obviously that's going to be isolated cases that we have to wagering in the top of it and weight training is significantly.

Better and and war weight -- is taking place now than when Brandon played and I can't mentality.

Guys you know they -- year round.

When I played I don't know about Marcus.

We knew I had to get a job directly I we could spread all -- and I didn't say I learned a little bit that was happening in front of the master before.

Over the alleged mistress in the Olympic -- that you -- -- -- guys have a serious this is as -- as strong as your.

When it comes to prostate cancer guys want no part of it the testing what is the message out there.

Well -- apartment with the U urology here foundation in the NFL.

To get a message out to -- and to know their staff.

In regards to prostate cancer it is the second leading cause of death in terms of cancers with men but it's very treatable.

If you get it in time -- get it early it it it's 100%.

Curable after five years.

If you get it in time there's so many men who frowned upon or afraid.

To go to the doctor and get checked I've been getting checked we always want guys go to the good guys to do -- -- get their prostate.

Here that's -- guys do because you're right there's definitely right guys will not go to the doctor.

Girls do you guys won't so that's the message for over forty got it out there and we'll see about -- down.

-- Harry Carson to the brightest that's personalities out here to -- and early success thanks to spend some quality time with the -- with a put here yet though experience.

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