WWE Rehab Letter Sent To Over 500 Performers

Newsday has picked up on the WWE rehab letter that was published Friday. Newsday reports that WWE officials say the letter was sent to over 500 wrestlers beginning a week ago. "The decision to do so was made by Vince as a humanitarian gesture, period," WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said in a statement. "It is not intended to be, nor is it ... an acknowledgment of responsibility for the substance problems of anybody." McDevitt said WWE's gesture "will do no more than help those who want to help themselves but lack the resources to pay for rehabilitation." Former WWE and WCW star Chris Kanyon told Newsday that the effort is "a big turnaround" from McMahon's past attempts to distance WWE from talk of drug problems.