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StarCaps case likely a no-win for New Orleans Saints defensive ends Charles Grant, Will Smith
Posted by Brian Allee-Walsh, The Times-Picayune
June 01, 2009

Though the StarCaps case has yet to be resolved, it appears Saints defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant are only delaying the inevitable, according to two leading authorities on sports law.

Smith, Grant, former Saints running back Deuce McAllister and two Minnesota Vikings players are facing four-game suspensions for using a banned diuretic (bumetanide) in 2006 in violation of the NFL's drug policy.

"At the end of the day, the only way for them to get off the hook is for a court to say that a player who tests positive may still not be disciplined if somehow the NFL acted improperly itself," said Gary Roberts, dean and professor of law at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. "That would just undermine the whole concept of the drug-testing regime.

"This is very important to the NFL. If they lose this case, it changes the dynamic of their drug-testing policy."

StarCaps case likely a no-win for New Orleans Saints defensive ends Charles Grant, Will Smith - New Orleans Saints Beat