NFLPA is still stalling over HGH testing.

"No one will bully us into a test," Smith said, according to the Associated Press. "No one will force the players to accept something that's unfair. How could we? We are going to continue to fight and ensure that due process is something that is not thrown away at the expense of just having the test.""

Translation, they are still going to stall so the guys using it won't get busted.

4 months ago Rena 8 comments 0 recs |

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How can a test be unfair

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by thebigham on Feb 4, 2012 6:10 PM CST reply actions

if the test has an inordinate number of false positives, it is unfair.

Unless every player is tested or the layers who are tested are chosen in a truly random process, it is unfair.

If the test can be manipulated in that there are not safeguards to ensure the integrity of the chain of evidence, it is unfair.

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by Seanrude on Feb 5, 2012 9:25 AM CST up reply actions

The NFLPA maintains that the standard test that the Olympics and international sports authorities have used for years is suspect.

That is their basis for claiming the test isn’t safe/fair. They have had experts from the international drug test committees talk to them, but they refuse to be satisfied. They want a huge study done, probably multi year to see if NFL players naturally have higher levels of HGH than other pro athletes. The NFLPA wants a new baseline set for NFL players only. It is their basis for refusing to standard test.
I have never seen any reason for them to think this, just it is what they keep saying.

by Rena on Feb 5, 2012 10:01 AM CST up reply actions