Both the NFL and the NFLPA have informed PFT that a deal on HGH testing will include arbitration for positive HGH results and other positive results for performance-enhancing drugs. The lone sticking point remains the NFL’s desire to keep the appeal rights for violations arising from something other than a positive test in the hands of the Commissioner. The negotiations, occurring primarily in connection with HGH testing, encompass the entire PED policy because HGH is considered to be a performance-enhancing substance. Changes to the league’s substance-abuse policy, which covers recreational drugs like marijuana, are being separately negotiated. While the NFL has made a major concession by sacrificing the Commissioner’s exclusive ability to resolve suspensions arising from PED’s other than HGH, the NFL doesn’t seem to be inclined to budge on the matter of violations flowing from something other than a positive test. Source: Sports Illustrated
Not sure if I should put this in The Vent Thread, but I'm sick and tired of all this Texas Two-step about the use of FDA-regulated drugs being a bargaining topic between the NFL and the NFLPA. If you're into a boring, but interesting read about HGH and steroids for muscle enhancement and the position of the Justice Department, read here: Civil Resource Manual 19. Human Growth Hormone/Steroids Statutory Overview. John W. Citizen gets caught and it's off to Rykers along with the doc who Rx-ed them and/or huge fines. All this crap about their use and the CBA is bullcrap and it's time for all these "deals" to be a thing of the past. Better yet, it's time for the FDA to get their thumbs out of their asses and enforce their own laws. Guess it's time for pot users to form the WTF (Weed Tokers Foundation) and arbitrate every arrest that's made while someone is kicking back at home. Screw the NFL and the NFLPA.
