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June 14, 2006

Dick Pound Still Not Convinced


Well, the NHL finished its first round of steroids testing, and everybody came up clean. But WADA head Dick Pound, who famously claimed last year that one-third of all NHL players were using performance-enhancing drugs -- isn't buying it:

"All we can do is keep drawing the attention of the public to its shortcomings and make sure the public understands that it's being fooled by the NHL when it says it has a serious testing program," Pound said.

He said the NHL does not test for stimulants and other banned substances and does not test at times when players are likely to be caught, such as during offseason training.

Truth be told, this is an issue that's gotten away from everybody, and I'm not sure that there's a solution.



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Of course there's a solution.

It involves drowning Dick Pound though, since he's the only person that THINKS it's that big a problem.

Posted by: [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 14, 2006 11:39 PM

The problem is that the NHL is fooling it's fans, and possibly themselves, into thinking there's nothing to be seen here.

If they broadened their search to include other items, like the stimulants most people acknowledge are prevelant, or steroid masking agents, then I might feel more assured by their claims of a "clean" league.

Posted by: [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 15, 2006 11:21 AM

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