Perhaps not surprisingly, Bob Goodenow is no longer the head of the NHL players union. After losing an entire season, the players agreed to a deal that many feel is unfavorable. It is unclear how the internal negotiations proceeded, but Goodenow likely was unhappy being forced to agree to a salary cap.
In the States, some people trying to keep their jobs continued the Moral Crusade Against Performance-Enhancing Drugs. The Chairmen of the US House Government Reform Comm. sent a letter to the NHL and the NHLPA blasting the two sides for the weak drug testing regimen outlined in the new CBA.
- The NHL's new plan, which the league forwarded to Congress on Monday, fails to account for the myriad performance-enhancing drugs, doesn't provide for an independent administrator and fails to require enough testing, congressmen Tom Davis and Henry Waxman wrote yesterday in a letter to the league and its players' union.
"All of these deficiencies could undermine public confidence that the NHL is free of performance-enhancing drugs," the congressmen wrote.
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While the U.S. bill calls for athletes to be tested at least five times a year, the NHL drug program calls for a maximum of two tests a year with no minimum, the lawmakers said.
"First, a requirement of 'up to' two tests per year is no requirement at all," Davis and Waxman wrote. "Under such a policy, some players may not be tested at all. Second, the provision caps testing frequency at two per year. Thus, even if a player is tested, he can be certain that he will not be tested again after the second test."
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