PFT: More pressure arises for NFL to test for hGH

[cowboyjoe]

More pressure arises for NFL to test for hGH
Posted by Mike Florio on July 22, 2010 3:58 PM ET
Recently, the CFL went from having no drug-testing policy to having a system that tests for hGH. Though Major League Baseball hasn't engaged in such a dramatic swing of the pendulum, the sport that has faced the greatest stigma from performance-enhancing substances has added hGH to the cocktail of substances for which players will be tested.

MLB announced today (via Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post) that blood testing for hGH will commence in the minor leagues.

So when will football follow suit?

The NFL wants to do it, and the union is resisting, primarily because resistance provides leverage for other issues, like money.

 

[Yeagermeister]

There might not be enough players left if they start testing for HGH.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

There might not be enough players left if they start testing for HGH.

Can a Citizen of the United States purchase real HGH legally wihout a Doctors prescription?

 

[Kangaroo]

More pressure arises for NFL to test for hGH
Posted by Mike Florio on July 22, 2010 3:58 PM ET
Recently, the CFL went from having no drug-testing policy to having a system that tests for hGH. Though Major League Baseball hasn't engaged in such a dramatic swing of the pendulum, the sport that has faced the greatest stigma from performance-enhancing substances has added hGH to the cocktail of substances for which players will be tested.

MLB announced today (via Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post) that blood testing for hGH will commence in the minor leagues.

So when will football follow suit?

The NFL wants to do it, and the union is resisting, primarily because resistance provides leverage for other issues, like money.

That is not much of a barging chip the owners could just say do you want congress to come in and force our hands like they did baseball. Yea that is a minor concession in the grand scheme of things and from the owners and nfl point it is better if they don't it is cheaper not to test for HGH