NFL and NFLPA close to HGH testing agreement.

[Brady-Carter]

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the league and the union currently are “very close” to striking a comprehensive agreement on drug testing, which will include hGH testing.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...lpa-very-close-on-a-new-drug-testing-program/



Now it would take a few years for HGH testing to take effect even after this deal to go into full effect. B/c the league would have to conducted test to determine the naturally-occurred HGH levels in players(I pretty much copied and pasted that last sentence form the above PFT Article).

But how would would this deal effect players who have been busted for drugs. Considering the NFLPA has been looking to reduce recreational drug issue in exchange for HGH testing. Well..

As Mike Florio reported on NBC, Welker, Gordon and potentially other players in the midst of suspensions could benefit from a new drug testing policy that the owners and players could agree upon soon.

The new policy that may be forthcoming has received attention primarily because it would include testing for human growth hormone, which has never before been tested in the NFL. But the policy would also have some other changes.

One change is that offseason use of amphetamines would move from the performance-enhancing substance policy to the substance-abuse policy. That would mean that Welker would switch from a first-time offender in the PED policy (which carries an automatic four-game suspension) to a first-time offender in the substance-abuse policy (which carries no suspension).

Another change is that the threshold to trigger a positive result on a marijuana test would rise. That would affect Gordon because his positive marijuana test was just barely above the NFL’s current threshold for a positive, which is significantly lower than the threshold for other organizations like the World Anti-Doping Agency.

More Here..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...esting-agreement-could-benefit-welker-gordon/