Biogenesis whistleblower says more athletes from more sports involved

[Senator Clay Davis]

Porter Fischer, the former Biogenesis of Miami clinic employee who turned boxes of documents over to the Miami New Times last year, declined to name the athletes. But in his first television interview, Fischer told "Outside the Lines" that numerous sports had at least one athlete who received performance-enhancing drugs from clinic founder Tony Bosch.

"This isn't a 2013 thing or a 2012 thing; some of these people have been on the books since 2009," Fischer said.

Fischer said he and associates have identified athletes from the NBA, NCAA, professional boxing, tennis and MMA, in addition to other professional baseball players who have not yet been identified. As far as he knows, Fischer said, Bosch had no clients from the NFL or NHL.

He said the only sports entity he has heard from was Major League Baseball.

The athletes not yet publicly named come from the documents Fischer took from the clinic, documents he said another employee asked him to take for safekeeping. The number of athletes involved with the clinic, based on what he saw and heard during his time with Biogenesis, is far more than people realize, he said.

"In just the four years that I know, it's got to be well over a hundred, easy," he said. "It's almost scary to think about how many people have gone through [Bosch's treatments] and how long he's gotten away with this."

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Well this figures to become one of the biggest scandals ever. Should be fun waiting for more names to come out and speculate about who might have received treatment.

[bluejays]

Not surprising. Despite Don Cherry claiming NHLer's don't do drugs, I'd be shocked if a player didn't test positive for some substance in the next 5 years. It's a large league, and there are bound to be stars as much as fringe guys looking to enhance their performance.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

While I don't agree with taking PEDs, I totally understand it.

You mean if I take this needle I could go from making a couple thousand dollars in the minors, or entry level contracts in the pros - to making millions of dollars a year? Possible superstardom, win awards and provide financial stability for my family for generations?

Yeah I can see the appeal.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

While I don't agree with taking PEDs, I totally understand it.

You mean if I take this needle I could go from making a couple thousand dollars in the minors, or entry level contracts in the pros - to making millions of dollars a year? Possible superstardom, win awards and provide financial stability for my family for generations?

Yeah I can see the appeal.

Look at Bartolo Colon, was a minor league tryout invite to camp, makes the team pitches reasonably well, gets suspended for PED's....comes back the next year and right now is a Cy Young and MVP candidate. He might get suspended, but do the A's really lose having a guy go 14-3 for 4 months? Without him they might not be leading the Division.