Texans opt not to sign banned Olympic medalist Justlin Gatlin

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          Mike Young on November 30, 2006 at 5:27 am #12466

          No luck for J Gat in his post-doping bust tryout for the NFL. Here's an article from the Houston Chronicle by Megan Manfull:  The Texans worked out former Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin on Tuesday. Team officials said they have no interest in signing the 24-year-old though. In April, Gatlin was banned from track and field for eight years because he tested positive for the banned sub

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          Nick Newman on November 30, 2006 at 7:35 pm #68027

          I think it would be great if he played in NFL, then maybe someone would "hit" some sense into his dumb ass…

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          mikeice on December 1, 2006 at 4:03 am #60137

          lol, yeh  i jus knew he was gonna [play inb the nfl 8yr suspension what ws he to do in between  well hes probably gonna get pick up as a punt returner cause of his 4.1 forty yard speed and that was prob hand timed

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          Mike Young on December 2, 2006 at 1:59 am #60138

          I think it would be a little bit of a 'black eye' to the image conscious NFL to have a currently banned sprinter make an NFL team.

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