Houston Texans' Brian Cushing a Liar?

Much has been made about the Brian Cushing saga.

From his four game suspension for violating the league’s policy for performance-enhancing drugs, to the AP re-voting on his rookie of the year award, to his vehement denial, Cushing has been one of the dominating story lines of the off-season.

Now, one of the NFL's most prominent, admitted users of performance-enhancing drugs, Bill Romanowski, is speaking out about Cushing :

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“Now, as far as Brian Cushing, here’s the deal: The only way you can get that substance that he took, hCG, in your body is to inject it, okay?” Romanowski said. “So let’s get that clear. So his sob story on TV was, I’m just going to say, was a total lie, okay? … Do you think when he was getting injected in his ass that he didn’t know what was going on? Well, bull crap. Let’s get real. Be honest about it, Brian.

“I’m sorry you got caught but be honest about it. What that substance is is a substance from pregnant women’s urine and what it does is when you have taken a cycle of steroids it turns your system back on from being shut down. It is very, very common in bodybuilding. That is a bodybuilding supplement, or a bodybuilding drug, where when these bodybuilders go on massive doses of steroids for months at a time, they will take that drug to turn their normal system back on and get it working again.”

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I have to agree with Romanowski on this one. He knows more about performance-enhancing drugs than most people, so I trust his opinion.

By denying he ever injected hCG, Cushing is only making the matter worse for himself.

He’s digging himself a deeper hole, one that he might never get out of.

If he just kept quiet, and said he has to take responsibility for his actions, then all of this would go away.

Instead, he’s adding fuel to the fire. There’s no way to prove that the hCG was present in his body naturally. And saying that was the case only makes Cushing sound arrogant.

Now this will situation will forever cloud his career.

Unless of course, Cushing holds a teary press conference, where he admits to using performance-enhancing drugs.

Then, he will be forgiven by the public and the media, who unsuccessfully tried to strip away his rookie of the year award. America loves to forgive, and give people a second chance.

We’ve seen it over and over again, with athletes from Michael Vick to Mark McGwire.

What America doesn’t like is a whiny, arrogant, millionaire athlete. That’s exactly what Brian Cushing is in the eyes of the public.

This act Cushing is putting on is embarrassing not only for himself, but also for the league.

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