For some unexplained reason, NFL bad boy Terrell Owens (TO) will be vulnerable to many more PED tests than other NFL players -- as many as 24 in a calender year. The New York Times with the report:
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens and the Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, issued statements Monday after ESPN reported that Owens was placed in the N.F.L.’s “reasonable cause” testing program for performance-enhancing drugs.
The report said Owens was put in the program because he missed day-of telephone calls to set up random tests. He could have been disciplined, but the N.F.L. decided not to fine or suspend him because it accepted Owens’s explanation for missing the calls, according to ESPN.
Under the N.F.L.’s “reasonable cause” program, Owens can now be randomly tested up to 24 times a year for performance-enhancing drugs. The additional screenings can last for the remainder of his career.
A player not in the “reasonable cause” program may be tested during the off-season up to six times, according to the N.F.L.’s 2007 policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.
Alibi in hand, TO explained the entire episode as a misunderstanding:
“This was a communication problem involving cellphone numbers,” Owens said in a statement released through his publicist. “It was openly discussed and cleared up in a meeting that I had at the N.F.L. office last week.
“I have been in the N.F.L. for over 12 years and have never had a positive test for substance of any kind,” Owens said. “That includes tests that took place as recently as last month. The matter was resolved to everyone’s satisfaction last Tuesday, and everyone has moved on.”
As if anyone in the NFL tests dirty. The Caroline Panthers juiced up prior to the Superbowl without a worry. Almost proves nothing that TO never tested positive.
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