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I'm not making an argument. I'm suggesting a possibility of innocence based upon the fact that steroids do not enhance technique, which is Anderson's primary means of winning fights.
As to the other gentlemen who pointed out that roids can be used to recover faster and therefore train more and improve technique further, that's a fair point. It's entirely possible Anderson used roids to speedy the recovery of his leg.
However, I don't think he is, in point of fact, someone who does or would juice for an unfair competitive advantage.
I find myself holding Anderson less and less accountable for roiding, even if he did, given the fact that he fought Chael (roid cocktail), Griffin (roids), Bonnar (roids), Hendo (TRT), Marquardt (roids), Vitor (TRT + roids), and... am I missing anybody?
I think at the very worst, Andy was leveling the playing field against other confirmed cheaters who were doing their best to dethrone him. And at the best, he was simply trying to speed his healing after shattering his leg.
But again, I don't see Anderson as the kind of person who would ever use roids. He's had some easy outs to EXCUSE using roids (ouch my leggy, guys), but he hasn't. He's kept denying to the grave. He could have easily said that he unwittingly took a banned substance to heal his leg. THAT is the defacto dummy answer to preserve your integrity and salvage your reputation.
Instead he basically admits he has erectile dysfunction to the world?
Both reasons are "unwittingly breaking the rules." One is humiliating, the other isn't.
Why go with the humiliating one?
Ah, the "Andy didn't really roid because his opponents were roiding so it doesn't count" defense.