NFL's smelling salts stance does not pass smell test

The NFL’s smelling salts stance does not pass the smell test.

The NFL banned teams from providing smelling salts and ammonia packets , citing a warning from a Food and Drug Administration memo listing side effects of using unapproved ammonia inhalants (AIs) such as “seizures, migraines, vomiting, diarrhea and fainting.”

This represented a positive step. Then, the league took the cowardly way out. It outlawed teams from distributing AIs, but the NFLPA clarified that players can still use them if they provide their own supply.

What the heck? Will the sideline have its own version of the smoking section?

“Is it bad or is it not?” Super Bowl 50 champion Tyler Polumbus and Altitude radio host told The Post. “If you have the data, show it. To let the league and teams wipe their hands clea