Thursday, January 20, 2011

Drug Testing in the NFL!

The problem, they say, is that by giving an athlete notice of a drug test the following day, one that would not be conducted for at least 15 hours, the Packers give the player ample time to take measures to "beat" the test by distorting his sample. When Olympic athletes are visited by collectors, they're required to produce samples immediately and without leaving the testers' sight. "If you're going to do advanced warning, you might as well not test," said David Howman, director general of the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency, which oversees drug testing in all Olympic sports. "Half an hour is a lot of warning. That's how quickly you can manipulate the tests."


-Jake Sostheim

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