“I’ve never denied agreeing to drug testing for any company I’ve worked for. The only reason I would have is if I had something to hide.”
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Yeah if you are very short-sighted, I guess you can conclude that they have something to hide.
Second, this is not about YOU, so cut out the “I” do this, and “I” don’t do this (therefore it’s right)… crap.

It’s simply not worth the millions and millions $$ the owners and league will have to spend on it every year, to catch one guy every twelve or so years. Don’t believe me? Look at the leagues that do test for HGH, they catch no one – yet spend millions. Why? There may be many reasons. But the first that pops up to mind, is the current testing is highly insufficent. It requires the athlete have used HGH less than 24 hrs prior. No HGH users do it every day.

Next, nobody is not agreeing to do testing for the NFL. You’re statement is irrelevant. They submit to plenty of testing – for THC, cocaine, heroin, PCP, ampetamines, steroids, etc. What’s sufficient for you? For them to test for every drug in the book??? Are you being tested for HGH, or acid, shrooms, embalming fluid??? It’s obvious your head lacks logic my friend, and maybe you could use illegal drugs to kick some in.

Lastly, I’m sure just like Manny Pacquiao has something to hide against Mayweather? That has to be it! Pacquiao has got something to hide ?…. idiot!

go somewhere else kev my friend, where lame ignorant posts are more accepted.

- Lance Armstrong

Cheating ruins the competitive balance in the league… Its well known that the Steelers in the 70′s were all on steroids when they won 4 Championships and the rest of the league hadn’t really discovered steroids yet. The Patriots used spygate in the early 2000′s and won 3 championships…

Cheating ruins the game and the cover ups are even worse. I understand that the test may not be perfect, but at the very least it would serve as a deterant for several players who would fear even the possibility of being caught and face hefty fines and suspensions.

HGH provides no performance benefits for a healthy person of NFL-playing age anyway, so if a player did use it, he’s a moron.

But the current test requires that the person use HGH less than 24 hrs before the blood is drawn, and even then it isn’t reliable. The test is a giant waste of money. The owners and players are fighting over money right now, and the owners want to throw away millions of dollars a year on a testing program that everyone already knows (or should know) isn’t effective or necessary? That is just stupid.

Theyve lost traction a long time ago

Stupid. HGH isn’t even harmful. First the liberals put Plaxico away for exercising his constitutional right, now they want to tell people what they can put in their bodies. Keep the government out of my football!
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Get the “liberal” stuff out….it doesnt matter, they are two sides of the same coin. – just get Congress to vote down another war in Libya. Keep the government out of wars we cant afford!

Two issues:

1) It’s only semi-reliable.
2) When you start allowing blood to be tested, you open the door to test for a LOT more things.

I just thought that should be said here.

Hey congress don’t you have anything more important to do besides poking your nose into NFL drug testing policy?

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The NFL enjoys the benefits of Antitrust Exemption that other businesses don’t have so Congress has every right to stick their nose into their business. Congress has oversight on many things, don’t be so shortsighted.

Are you kidding me with HGH testing with everything else that’s going on?

I think its a fair request..

also when bloodtest info gets leaked about what other diseases some may have

i don’t think the players are going to go for this