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Catwhoorg said:
The Hitch said:
Koronin said:
Yep. That just adds to the entire Patriots cheat. Also it seems most drug suspension in the NFL are for illegal drugs not for PEDs. Could be wrong, but it certainly feels that way.
Don't get your emphasis on the recreational drugs.
Yeah a lot of them get caught for recreational not PED's.
But that's because the testing is such a joke, cycling looks like a police state in comparison.
Wasn't it the case very recently (maybe has changed) that they got tested twice a year, know the dates in advanced and simply have to make sure they are clean for that day.
Then even if they get caught its a 4 week suspension and no reputational damage with the last 2 non qb superbowl mvps both caught users (JE and VM)
There is no "out of competition" testing period. Any testing is at team facilities
So most steroid use is out of season to bulk up ready for the new year.
They get tested at the start of training camp, then a few "random" players (4 IIRC) after each game.
Seems like kickers and punters get tested a whole lot more than they should.
Also don't annoy the powers that be, as there are allegations that means your name gets pulled after more matches.
That's not correct. There's a lot of offseason testing that is conducted away from the training facilities, e.g., personal residence, at a gym while working out, while vacationing anywhere in the states, etc. Players can be tested up to 6 times per year. Some are even target tested for suspicious circumstances (they better watch the social media stuff. Lol).
http://www.espn.com/blog/pittsburgh-steelers/post/_/id/25627/from-bathrooms-to-grannys-house-nfl-drug-testers-will-find-you
> "The untold secret in NFL locker rooms is the process of getting drug-tested can be weirdly invasive, especially in the offseason, when players can be randomly tested up to six times.
Testers are always lurking, and not just at your front door. They will track you on vacation, and to the ends of the earth.
“They don’t care where you are,” Steelers linebacker Arthur Moats said.
Interviews with several Steelers affirm growing suspicions over the timing of performance-enhancing drug tests -- say, after a good performance or a killer workout documented on social media -- and define what work-life balance really means for NFL players"
Party at grammy's
Don’t mess with Peggy Thomas.
Moats was visiting his grandmother in rural Virginia one offseason when the league informed him of his next-day test at around 6 a.m.
“She was like, ‘Who is this man pulling up to our house?’” Moats said. “He got the look.”
The man in khakis and a polo shirt walked into the home carrying a black box and directed Moats to the bathroom. The test supervisor usually breaks up the urine into "A" and "B" samples, which was a clumsy task in grammy’s house.
“Dealing with piss right on the [living room] table,” Moats said. “It was weird.”
This is normalcy for NFL players, who draw random tests from the league’s computer-generated system.
In season, a player gets a notice hanging from his locker that it's testing day. Out of season, the player gets a call and is expected to respond promptly. Or, as guard Ramon Foster recalls, the dialogue basically starts and stops with: “You’ve got a drug test tomorrow. Where you at?”
The NFL has testers positioned all over the country.
Kicker Chris Boswell found this out when he got a call for a morning test while on vacation in Hawaii.
Turns out Boswell made a new friend.
“He was actually a Hawaiian firefighter who does it as a side job when athletes come on vacation,” Boswell said. “Nice guy.”
A test supervisor, whom Berry said is typically a mild-mannered male, hands the player a cup to do his business. Once business is done, he labels the samples, asks the player to sign something and is on his way.
After that, silence is good.
“You don’t want to hear back,” said wide receiver Martavis Bryant, who served a yearlong suspension for substance-abuse violations."
Linebacker Vince Williams almost expects a call from the league whenever he takes his family on vacation.
“You say, ‘Well, I’m in Orlando. They say, ‘Well, we’re going to contact the Orlando [supervisor] and they’ll come to you.’ It happens like that,” Williams said. “They kill you, too, because let’s say you’re not where you think you’re going to be at, or you’re on a boat fishing and you have a certain amount of hours to take this test, now you’re screwed.” <
And as I mentioned previously, Mark Sanchez was popped last offseason as a "free agent" (he says he's been tested 73 times in his 9 yr career!).
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mark-sanchez-suspended-four-games-for-peds-blames-it-on-accidental-exposure/
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