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re: JJ Watt mic'd up against the Titans - UPDATE: intriguing steroid debate

Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:56 pm to
Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
22782 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:56 pm to
How do any of you know he hasn't been tested?

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According to NFL Senior Vice President Adolpho Birch in an interview conducted by Lori Nickel of the Journal Sentinel:

During the season we test in the neighborhood of 350 a week. Ten players, per team, per week. Plus other players who are tested because they’re under reasonable cause.


based on the above statement and just statistical chance, It is FAR more likely that he has been tested and passed than it is that he has never been tested. Dudes been in the league and wrecking shop for 3 years. Do y'all really think the league has just given him a pass and not tested him?

Is hgh possible? Sure it is. But hgh does not improve performance on par with anabolic steroids, which is what most of you are incinuating. Hgh doesn't make you the beast that he is.

It's a natural tendency to hate on those who are on top, and to see their performance with some degree of bias. But the outright conviction some of you have that he is a "roidhead" really has no basis. It's just a way for you to rationalize something you've never seen before.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Member since Jan 2006
72113 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:07 am to
The NFL's drug testing policy has long been considered flawed. These athletes are given notice of their test and have enough time to take action to distort their sample come test time. Anti doping experts will tell you an sort of advance notice makes beating the test easy. Especially for these atheltes with deep pockets

I think the new drug policy in the league institutes random testing.. Not sure. I know they were going to start testing for HGH. For an athlete like watt, the damage is already done. The dude obviously works out like a maniac and will only see minimal loss of his gains, if any
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
279537 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:24 am to
350 during the season, ok... What about off season?

Still, there are 1600 players on NFL rosters. It's silly to think they can catch them all.
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
84092 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 12:26 am to
I already posted a thread about this recently.

quote:

"HGH blood-testing setup has flaws."


Shocking. Shocking, I tell you.


quote:

The USADA's Travis Tygart is an outspoken critic of the NFL's new plan. "You pretty much have to be a fool to test positive" at a team facility, he said.



ESPN.com

JJ Watt thanks the NFL for its incompetence.

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