Under the yet-to-be-ratified CBA proposal, violators of the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs would face stricter punishment. Second offenses, in particular, would come with significant repercussions.
First-time positive tests for anabolic substances currently trigger a four-game ban. Under this CBA proposal, said offenses would cost a player six games, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports. The 2011 CBA shelved a violator 10 games for a second offense; the proposed new agreement would result in a 17-game suspension for a second positive test, Florio adds. Additionally, players who attempt to manipulate samples will be given eight-game suspensions.
Should this CBA be ratified, disparate penalties for testing positive for anabolic substances and stimulants would take effect. The NFL will reduce the latter ban from four games to two, per Florio, and from 10 games to five for a second offense.
Stimulants and anabolic substances currently trigger the same penalty, and with the NFL not disclosing the substances for which a player tested positive, the league’s PED issues are somewhat hazy. That would change if players ratify this CBA, though the agreement would still not disclose specific substances.
This will mark a further divide between the punishment for marijuana and PEDs. The CBA would nearly decriminalize the former in the NFL, while the latter will become a costlier mistake.
No wonder JJ Watt is against it
Obsessed much?
What?
Humorless much?
as it should. seems like few players seem to care.
Actually it’s the fans that don’t really care. Would bottom feeder teams be much worse without players using PEDs?
On Friday my boss gave me an energy drink that I didn’t give a second thought. After I drank it I read the ingredients and noticed it had deer antler velvet, which is banned by the NFL, MLB, and WADA. If you aren’t on top of what you are putting in your body it could be easy to accidentally stumble.
If the boss is having to give you energy drinks I reckon you didn’t win the employee of the month award…lol.
That’s called personal accountability.