NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league wants to test players for human growth hormone "to protect the integrity of our game." In an interview with The Associated Press while riding with former NFL coach and TV broadcaster John Madden on the Madden Cruiser between visits Wednesday to the Ravens and Redskins training camps, Goodell called the HGH issue a key element of ongoing labor negotiations involving owners and the players' union. "It's very important. It's about the integrity of the game. It's about player health and safety," Goodell told the AP. "It's about making sure that we're doing everything to protect our players and to protect the integrity of our game." He later made similar comments while speaking to a group of reporters at Redskins camp. The NFL currently does not test for HGH, but its use is prohibited, and the league has suspended players and an assistant coach based on other proof that they had used the substance. The NFL has told the players' union it would like to add HGH to the list of drugs in the league's testing program, but the union has opposed blood tests. "We think it's important to have HGH testing, to make sure we ensure that we can take performance-enhancing substances out of the game. Unfortunately, the only way to test for that, on any reliable basis right now, is through blood testing," Goodell said. Source: Associated Press
Does he REALLY want that? I think the results might put a lot of egg on a lot of faces that make him a lot of money.
nothing more than posturing. besides the union would never allow it. even if the owners gave the players everything they asked for and this was the only thing still on the table there would be a strike. same for baseball.
