NFL STATEMENT

            “We have been a leader in this area with the NFL Players Association and welcome the support of the federal government. We have had year-round, random testing for performance-enhancing substances since 1990, including immediate suspensions for any violations. We also fund research to identify new substances that are being illicitly developed to circumvent testing. We will continue to work aggressively to keep performance-enhancing substances out of our sport.”

            For background: we have tested more than 2,000 samples (that would be of urine, of course) since October 6 for performance-enhancing drugs with no positives for THG.