By JOHN KLEIN Sr. Sports Columnist on Jan 30, 2013, at 6:45 PM Updated on 1/30 at 6:45 PM
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The denials by Ray Lewis of using a banned substance are likely to not have the intended impact.
Given the recent confessions, and denials followed by admission of many similarly accused athletes, Lewis will have a tough time convincing the skeptics that he is innocent of using some kind of deer antler substance to help speed his recovery from injury earlier this season.
Lewis has spent much of this week leading up to the Super Bowl of denying his use of the banned substance.
But, because of Lance Armstrong and a several dozen baseball players, denials are no longer accepted by most fans and media.
That may be unfair to Lewis but that is the reality.
If you get accused of illegal drug use in this era of sports, it is pretty hard to deny the accusations or prove your innocence.
Lewis started out by saying he had never flunked a drug test.
That’s too easy. Armstrong never failed a drug test, either, and he has admitted he did banned substances for years as the world’s top bicycle rider.
Now, Lewis, leading up to his final game for the Baltimore Ravens, is being accused of using a banned substance.
No matter how much he denies it, there is going to be a large segment of the public out there, tired of the lies of other athletes who have admitted they used after numerous denials, that will doubt Lewis.
This is the athletic world we live in these days.
If Lewis really did never use a banned substance, as he insists, it must be very frustrating.
These days a simple accusation becomes a fact in the minds of many unless you can prove your innocence.
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