HGH Question

[dez_for_prez]

With the NFL now being able to test for HGH, how soon would they start testing players? Also is there a grace period for the players to get it of their system? I'm just curious to when we would find out what players were positive.

 

[Hoofbite]

Why would there be a grace period?

I hope they test before the first preseason game. Watch about a few dozen players have to sit out a month.

 

[RastaRocket]

first I thought that said HIGH question.... I was intrigued.

No idea on the time frame all I know is somebody in Houston gonna be real mad.

 

[Doomsday101]

With the NFL now being able to test for HGH, how soon would they start testing players? Also is there a grace period for the players to get it of their system? I'm just curious to when we would find out what players were positive.

They will test week 1 of the season from what I saw. Outside of that not sure.

 

[Hoofbite]

They will test week 1 of the season from what I saw. Outside of that not sure.

They should test once a month, at least.

From what I gather, the MLS testing system is such a sham that players basically clean up just before getting tested.

Based on pure numbers, if you're tested week 1 there's no way you can be tested again until week "X" because they travel around to each team.

IMO, if someone tests positive they should be tested weekly.

 

[Doomsday101]

They should test once a month, at least.

From what I gather, the MLS testing system is such a sham that players basically clean up just before getting tested.

Based on pure numbers, if you're tested week 1 there's no way you can be tested again until week "X" because they travel around to each team.

IMO, if someone tests positive they should be tested weekly.

I saw that they will take a clean sample of each player and keep that on file. They will be doing testing similar to that of Olympic athletes according to a member of the IOC. He said that the NFL will be the 1st sport to operate a testing program the same as what the IOC does now

 

[Hoofbite]

I saw that they will take a clean sample of each player and keep that on file. They will be doing testing similar to that of Olympic athletes according to a member of the IOC. He said that the NFL will be the 1st sport to operate a testing program the same as what the IOC does now

That's pretty intense.

 

[speedkilz88]

I think they need to test, but the "conspiracy theorist" in me wonders if it doesn't open up people to sabotage from shady characters with a lot of money on the line betting on games. I would think it would be easy to put HGH or something in sport creams, food, or drink.

 

[Doomsday101]

The league aims to make players subject to a test at least once per season. But the details of that issue still must be worked out between the league and the NFLPA, just as the sides must reach agreement on how the NFL will screen for HGH, the synthetic hormone that promotes muscle growth and reduces recovery time.

While the exact protocol is in flux, anti-doping experts applauded the agreement that makes the NFL the first major US sport to implement a test that Olympic athletes have been subject to for seven years.

“This certainly isn’t winning the Super Bowl, but it’s a step in the right direction,” Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, told FOXSports.com. “We hope other leagues follow. It’s about doing that right thing for clean athletes. Why other leagues wouldn’t want to do the same, I can’t really say.”

Pro sports — and especially player unions — have been skeptical of the HGH test, which is costly, requires blood to be drawn and, before last year, had not produced a positive. But since February 2010, there have been a half-dozen positive results and officials came to terms that a urine test was still years away, at best.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-human-growth-hormone-blood-testing-aim-for-first-week-080411

 

[gmoney112]

I saw that they will take a clean sample of each player and keep that on file. They will be doing testing similar to that of Olympic athletes according to a member of the IOC. He said that the NFL will be the 1st sport to operate a testing program the same as what the IOC does now

Good. Now players will stop putting on 30 pounds of muscle in the Rhein Fire weightroom.

 

[dez_for_prez]

On PTI they said that they haven't agreed on a testing method yet but it should be ready by week 1.

 

[JBond]

Romo is screwed. Hope kitna is ready to go.