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One-time International Olympic Committee member and former chairman of the the World Anti-Doping Agency Dick Pound is still adamant that the NHL has a drug problem that the league refuses to address.
"I'd stick with my numbers. Hockey has been in denial for a long time," said Dick Pound, an International Olympic Committee member who was the keynote speaker at the Queen's Sports Industry Conference at the Days Inn last night.
Pound contends that the NHL doesn't have a problem with steroids, as is the case with the MLB and the NFL, but with over-the-counter stimulants.
In the past few years, a pair of former NHL players, Dave Morissette and Stephane Quintal, have said that the use of stimulants, including Sudafed, is common in the league.
The NHL's drug-testing policy, which began in 2006, doesn't test for performance-enhancing drugs during the playoffs or off-season.
When you sit back and think about it, it seems rather odd that a sport that requires such a high level of athleticism has yet to see any major issues with performance-enhancing drug use. Whether it's steroids or Sudafed, you have to wonder if the NHL, especially as they try to rebuild after the lockout, is turning a blind eye in the name of league success.
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Awesome name, terrible person
Dick Pound is a zealot. He sees drugs as his enemy and he wants to destroy his enemy and the truth never factors into the equation.
He has offended so many people by making stupid, careless, BS comments over the past decade that his word is totally worthless. He has no proof, no evidence, no new findings. He just wants to fight his enemy and get his name in the papers.
The article should probably be retitled “Dick Pound Still Doesn’t Like Drugs”
by remmycool on Jan 29, 2010 11:17 PM EST reply actions
Sociopaths? Really?
When asked about drugs in sports, Pound said, “there are always people willing to cheat, just like in society. There’s some portion of sociopaths or whatever they may be.”
Gotta have hockey!
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