APTwo weeks ago, representatives from the NFL and the NFLPA met with Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Cal.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), key members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, regarding the agreement to commence HGH testing, and regarding the fact that HGH testing hasn?t occurred.? After the meeting, Issa and Cummings said that an agreement had been reached that the collection of blood samples would commence, with further discussion to occur on the specific of the testing process and the interpretation of the results.
?We are not guaranteeing any outcome other then there was an agreement to begin testing immediately,? Issa said at the time, per FOXSports.com.? ?The other aspects on what to do with the tests will be resolved over the next many weeks.?
In the days thereafter, the NFL expressed an intention to begin collecting blood samples for HGH testing, and the NFLPA said that no agreement to commence the collection of samples had been reached.? Earlier this week, members of a separate House committee pressed for public hearings on the lingering impasse.
Now, Issa and Cummings have sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith regarding the status of situation.? In the letter, a copy of which PFT obtained earlier this afternoon, Issa and Cummings express concern that the NFLPA ?may be using stall tactics to avoid complying? with the agreement to conduct HGH testing.? Issa and Cummings say that they ?have not received an adequate justification for refusing to allow the collection of blood samples while negotiations continue about the testing regimen,? and they make it clear that, absent progress from the parties toward that end, ?we will be in touch with you shortly.?
To bolster the conclusion that the NFLPA may be simply trying to buy time, Issa and Cummings point out that the NFLPA declined an invitation to tour the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency?s testing facility, where ?the players and union representatives would be walked through every stage of the test.?
PFT recently was told that the NFLPA plans to submit to HGH testing only when forced to do so by Congress, presumably to de-emphasize the fact that current union leadership already has agreed to HGH testing.? This meshes with the theory that current union leadership fears it could become former union leadership as of March 2012, if HGH testing commences before Smith?s current three-year contract expires then.
UPDATE 4:26 p.m. ET:? The NFL has issued a statement in reaction to the letter from Representatives Issa and Cummings.? ?We share the Chairman and Ranking Member?s disappointment with the NFLPA?s lack of urgency on this important health and safety matter for NFL players and athletes at all levels and its failure to live up to an agreement signed months ago,? the NFL said.? ?We are ready to begin immediately collecting samples and educating players on the testing program.?
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