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| Christopher Key Christopher Key - Yahoo Sports Postgame Story on Sports Chips Auburn, Alabama |
| 19th of Apr, 2011 by User840135 |
| If there was an award for placebo product, then Christopher Key would take home the academy award.This scam artist doesn't discriminate, marketing these useless chips to high school students and elderly people alike. My 82 year old aunt bought this useless chip, and when I talked her into returning it, she wasn't able to get her money back. To make matters worse, the postgame is enabling this snake oil salesman with all the press he's been getting about this useless product. I think Adam Watson is on the take writing up a story about the chips like that. Mr. Watson is leaving himself wide open for a lawsuit. He should never write another sports article again. Anybody who buys these chips should get a chip placed in their brain to raise their IQ levels. Christopher Key is nothing but a hillbilly. Shame on the schools that let this guy in to sell this bogus product. What does this tell you about the people running our schools? Are the teachers in on it too? We've looked into his background and he is one unsavory character. Stay away from this guy and anything he sells! |
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CHECK OUT WHAT CHRISTOPHER KEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT????
1) how to manage pain without using drugs chemicals or surgery
2) why the POWERS THEY BE ARE TRYING TO KEEP S.W.A.T.S FROM HELPING PEOPLE
3) GMO's, water, herbs and supplements and frequencies... |
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Operating out of an office building in Fultondale, Mitch Ross and Christopher Key run a sports supplement business they believe is on the cutting edge.
From hologram chips intended to improve performance to a spray extracted from deer antler velvet, their company, Sports With Alternatives to Sin (S.W.A.T.S.), has been used by professional and college athletes and weekend warriors looking for an edge.
"This is the Gatorade of 2000, " Ross said.
But leagues and regulatory agencies believe S.W.A.T.S. has pushed the envelope too far, leaving the company embroiled in a national controversy.
At the heart of the controversy is IGF-1, which is found in "The Ultimate Spray" sold by the company.
Ross and Key believe the spray is a safe alternative to steroids, allowing athletes to build mass, recover and improve their immune systems. And that IGF-1 is a naturally occurring hormone that shouldn't be banned.
"Deer antler velvet has been around for 10, 000 years. It's just an alternative to human growth hormone, " Ross said. "That's just one of its benefits."
But the NFL banned IGF-1 and The Ultimate Spray and has asked athletes and coaches formerly associated with the company, including Oakland Raiders offensive coordinator Hue Jackson, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and Tampa Bay running back Carnell Williams, to sever ties with the company. Major League Baseball has added the spray to the banned list, again because of the IGF-1.
IGF-1 "is a prohibited substance on the world list (of banned substances), " said Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. "It does the same as human growth hormone."
S.W.A.T.S. contends its products are natural, not synthetic, and have been verified by international testing, most notably in New Zealand and China.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency hasn't tested The Ultimate Spray. According to Tygart, the Fultondale company would have to pay for independent tests.
Even without independent testing, the company's own admission that its spray contains IGF-1 makes it unusable by athletes in sports with drug bans.
"The product claims to contain IGF-1. IGF-1 is a banned substance under all MLB drug programs and has been for several years, " said Major League Baseball spokes man Mike Teevan.
"IGF-1 became banned under the Minor League Drug Program in 2007 and under the Joint Drug Program at the Major League level in 2008."
Ross disputes the MLB ban. He said that his company asked baseball to test the spray in 2009, when, he said, Carlos Pena used it and ranked second in the American League in home runs, and the spray passed without any indication of steroids.
Hologram chips
The controversy doesn't end with the drug bans.
St. Louis Rams linebacker David Vobora sued the company, alleging that a spray sold to him by S.W.A.T.S. was contaminated with a steroid and caused him to fail a 2009 drug test. According to published reports, Vobora later dropped Ross as a defendant.
Attending the Senior Bowl two months ago, Key said he was detained by NFL Security and arrested for trespassing, even though he was a registered guest of the hotel where players and coaches stayed during the week in Mobile.
Key was there to distribute the performance chips to athletes. The performance chips are not banned by anti-drug agencies.
In a 2009 letter from University of Alabama compliance director Jonathan Bowling, Ross is asked to avoid contact with Crimson Tide players, who had bought the performance chips individually. According to the letter, Alabama was concerned about current athletes being used to endorse a commercial product; Ross said the players were not asked to endorse any product.
The performance chips, used by players at Alabama, Auburn and UAB, have been tested and proved to be free of steroids and stimulants, Ross said.
In a video interview made with Key, former Auburn running back Mario Fannin credits his eye-opening performance at the NFL Combine with his use of the performance chips.
Fannin ran a sub-4.4 40 for the first time and increased his repetitions in the bench press by four lifts. In the video, Fannin said the only change in his workout routine was the placement of the chips, which the company says block negative frequencies that inhibit performance, on his body.
New science
As for the IGF-1 controversy, Ross believes the ban is wrong because IGF-1 is a natural byproduct.
"You cannot ban IGF-1. It's a recurring hormone and it's produced daily, " Ross said. "The only way to ban it would be to remove the pituitary gland from the middle of the forehead of every professional athlete."
Ross, who said he is vehemently against steroids, contends that no athlete who has used the spray has tested positive for steroids.
Despite the controversy and setbacks, Ross, the owner of the company, and Key, his partner, claim that their early struggles with credibility stem from a new science that's not completely understood.
"This story has to be told, " Key said. "We're trying to help people. Right now (the controversy) is merely a lack of education."
Tygart, the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, believes unregulated sports stimulants can be dangerous and warns that buyers, whether elite athletes or middle aged men looking for an energy boost, should be wary of the claims
"It's a substance that's not regulated for human consumption, " Tygart said.
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