Jim took some time out his schedule to put Performance Enhancing Pete Carrol and the Seattle Seahawks on blast
49ers Blog and Q&A: Harbaugh on PED use: Play by the rules
The rash of performance-enhancing drug suspensions in Seattle hasn't escaped the notice of 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, who on Tuesday said his message to his own team is, "play by the rules."
"It has no place in an athlete's body," Harbaugh said. "
Play by the rules, and you always want to be above reproach, especially when you're good. Because you don't want people to come back and say, 'Oh, they're winning because they're cheating.' That's always going be a knee-jerk reaction by people in my experience ever since I was little kid.
"So we want to be above reproach in everything," he continued. " ...
Because if you cheat to win, then you've already lost, according to Bo Schembechler. And Bo Schembechler is about as close to the word of God as you can get in my mind. It's not the word of God, but it's close."
Five Seahawks have been suspended for PED use since 2011, most recently 2012 first-round draft pick Bruce Irvin.
Adderall, a stimulant prescribed mainly for attention deficit disorder, reportedly has been the culprit in Seattle, though Harbaugh said no one could be sure.
"You don't know what it is," he said. "Even when people say what it is, you don't know that that's what it is. I've heard this thrown out or that, but that's usually the agent or the players themselves saying it's, for example, Adderall. But the NFL doesn't release what it actually is, so you have no idea. You're taking somebody at their word that I don't know if you can take them at their word, understanding the circumstances."
One 49er, linebacker Larry Grant, tested positive for PEDs and has been suspended the first four games of the season. Grant currently is a free agent.
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49ers Blog and Q&A: Harbaugh on PED use: Play by the rules
What if a nikka just got ADD (or want to study for a test). That's like saying too much caffeine is a performance enhancer.
