Former Stealers Doc bought LOADS of roids and HGH in 06

[52decleetzu]

Looks like some things never change,whether its 1978 or 2008 in the Stealer organization

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/n...ory?id=3831956

Rydze wears a thick Super Bowl XL ring on his right hand, a reward for his work during the Steelers' 2006 championship season. A nurse scurries about the expansive, awakening office in a white scrub top dotted with Steelers logos. A receptionist shows up wearing a black-and-gold Steelers jacket.

Clearly, this is a Steelers town, and Rydze is a Steelers guy. For 22 seasons, longer than the tenure of Franco Harris, Terry Bradshaw or any of the other Steelers icons, Rydze, 58, paced the Pittsburgh sideline as part of the medical team. Then suddenly, in the summer of 2007, like a free-agent rookie signed as training camp fodder, the bespectacled internal medicine specialist quietly parted ways with the Steelers.

The details are sketchy, but his split with the team came approximately four months after news reports identified him as the buyer of a substantial quantity of human growth hormone (HGH) from a Florida pharmacy during several months in 2006. HGH, a performance enhancer banned by the NFL and other major sports leagues, is the supplement of choice for some athletes because it can't be detected by current testing.

Rydze has not been charged with violating any laws. But in February 2007, two law enforcement officials dropped by his former downtown practice in the Heinz 57 Center office building to question him about the use of a credit card to buy about $150,000 worth of HGH and testosterone -- with a retail value approaching $1 million -- from Signature Pharmacy. That Orlando, Fla., compounding facility had been raided days earlier as part of a multiagency investigation into the online sale of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

The doctor didn't turn over his records, but the investigators said he told them he was dispensing the HGH to elderly patients referred to him for help in healing tendon and ligament injuries. According to the two officials who questioned him that day, Rydze said he treated the patients early in the morning before his normal office hours at a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) facility.

A MILLION dollar supply of testosterone and HGH in 06??? Then the Stealers all of the sudden break off ties with him when he is caught.

Nothing to see here folks,just move along...move along now.

[HoustonRaven]

Link does not work.

Try this ....

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/n...ory?id=3831956

[Ravenswarrior19]

Some things never change...

[ravensnhokies]

I remember James Harrison as a Raven, and he was about 3/4 the size he is now. No way in hell that guy got that much bigger without the aid of good juice. I guess in 20-30 years, about 25% of the current Steelers players will be dead in their 50s, whereas the rest of the league, it will be about 5-8%. Just in case anyone hasnt noticed the 70s Steelers are dropping like flies, whereas the ex-players on every other team are alive, except for a few exceptions. Coincidence??

[RavensDomination]

Yea Harrison is huge now, I thought the same thing before I heard about this story. Something is going on there.

One thing we know is that Jen isn't on the juice, it messes up his menstrual cycle.

[psuasskicker]

I think the Steelers should have to forfeit their upcoming game as punishment.

- C -

[ravens4ever]

I remember James Harrison as a Raven, and he was about 3/4 the size he is now. No way in hell that guy got that much bigger without the aid of good juice. I guess in 20-30 years, about 25% of the current Steelers players will be dead in their 50s, whereas the rest of the league, it will be about 5-8%. Just in case anyone hasnt noticed the 70s Steelers are dropping like flies, whereas the ex-players on every other team are alive, except for a few exceptions. Coincidence??

So I can assume you have researched all the teams from the 70's to see how many from those teams have since passed away. And are you really thinking that the Steelers would have been the only ones using then or now? You couldn't possibly be that naive could you?