{"id":1127,"date":"2013-01-30T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthonypioppi.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2013-01-30T18:47:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:47:59","slug":"singh-issues-statement-on-banned-substance-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/blog\/1127\/singh-issues-statement-on-banned-substance-use","title":{"rendered":"Singh Issues Statement on Banned Substance Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Tour issued this press release from Vijay Singh at about 1 p.m. Eastern time.<br \/>\n&#8220;In light of the recent article on sportsillustrated.com, I want to issue the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>While I have used deer antler spray, at no time was I aware that it may contain a substance that is banned under the PGA TOUR Anti-Doping Policy.\u00a0 In fact, when I first received the product, I reviewed the list of ingredients and did not see any prohibited substances.\u00a0 I am absolutely shocked that deer antler spray may contain a banned substance and am angry that I have put myself in this position.\u00a0 I have been in contact with the PGA TOUR and am cooperating fully with their review of this matter.\u00a0 I will not be commenting further at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can access the SI story by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/nfl\/news\/20130129\/the-strange-lab-that-lured-numerous-athletes\/?sct=hp_bf3_a2&amp;eref=sihp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Singh is entered in this week&#8217;s PGA Tour event the Waste Management Phoenix Open.<\/p>\n<p>Singh, who turns 50 on Feb. 22, finished 57th in the FedEx Cup standings in 2012, earning $1,586,305.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Tour issued this press release from Vijay Singh at about 1 p.m. Eastern time. &#8220;In light of the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/blog\/1127\/singh-issues-statement-on-banned-substance-use\" title=\"ReadSingh Issues Statement on Banned Substance Use\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2980,21,251739],"tags":[1164,738279,738495],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-blog","category-pga-tour","tag-vijay-singh","tag-deer-antler","tag-banned-substance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1129,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}