I know this isn't baseball, however, IMO, this is at least a start to establishing a standard throughout professional sports.
This is a portion of an article appeared in the Dallas Morning News.
NFL to adopt Olympic testosterone standard
10:46 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
The NFL and the Players Association have come to an agreement to lower the allowable testosterone level, keeping in line with standards set up by the International Olympic Committee, according to commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
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NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue says the Cowboys may host the Super Bowl in Arlington in 2011 or 2012. Speaking at the SMU Athletic Forum luncheon Tuesday, Tagliabue said the deal should be finalized next week. The league will adopt a 4-1 ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, another natural hormone, instead of 6-to-1.
The NFL has turned over its performance-enhancing substance regulations to the same congressional committee that heard testimony regarding baseball's steroid issues.
Tagliabue said he is proud of the NFL's anti-steroid policy even after the recent report involving three members of the Carolina Panthers.
"I don't think there's a big indicator that we have a widespread problem," Tagliabue said.
He said the league has poured more than $10 million into its steroid and substance-abuse policies and is up to date with current detection technologies. Forty-four players have been suspended in the 15 years the NFL has had random steroid testing.
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