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Steroid Use in Sports, Part Ii: Examining the National Football League’S Policy on Anabolic Steroids and Related Sub- Stances STEROID USE IN SPORTS, PART II: EXAMINING THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE’S POLICY ON ANABOLIC STEROIDS AND RELATED SUB- STANCES HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 27, 2005 Serial No. 109–21 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 21–242 PDF WASHINGTON : 2005 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:42 Jun 28, 2005 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\DOCS\21242.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut HENRY A. WAXMAN, California DAN BURTON, Indiana TOM LANTOS, California ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida MAJOR R. OWENS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN L. MICA, Florida PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois CHRIS CANNON, Utah WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee DIANE E. WATSON, California CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland DARRELL E. ISSA, California LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland JON C. PORTER, Nevada BRIAN HIGGINS, New York KENNY MARCHANT, Texas ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia Columbia PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina ——— CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina (Independent) ——— ——— MELISSA WOJCIAK, Staff Director DAVID MARIN, Deputy Staff Director/Communications Director ROB BORDEN, Parliamentarian TERESA AUSTIN, Chief Clerk PHIL BARNETT, Minority Chief of Staff/Chief Counsel (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:42 Jun 28, 2005 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\21242.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on April 27, 2005 .............................................................................. 1 Statement of: Stewart, Willie, head football coach, Anacostia High School; Bobby Barnes, head football coach, Buckeye Union High School; Steve Courson, ex-NFL player, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buc- caneers; Linn Goldberg, professor of medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University; Gary I. Wadler, associate professor of clinical medicine, New York University School of Medicine; John A. Lombardo, NFL advisor, anabolic steroids and related substances; and Bryan Finkle, NFL consulting toxicologist on anabolic steroids and related sub- stances ........................................................................................................... 34 Barnes, Bobby ............................................................................................ 37 Courson, Steve ........................................................................................... 41 Finkle, Bryan S. ........................................................................................ 73 Goldberg, Linn ........................................................................................... 47 Lombardo, John ......................................................................................... 64 Stewart, Willie ........................................................................................... 34 Wadler, Gary I. .......................................................................................... 55 Tagliabue, Paul, commissioner, National Football League; Harold Hender- son, executive vice president, labor relations, National Football League; and Gene Upshaw, executive director, National Football League Play- ers Association .............................................................................................. 112 Henderson, Harold .................................................................................... 132 Tagliabue, Paul .......................................................................................... 112 Upshaw, Gene ............................................................................................ 134 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Barnes, Bobby, head football coach, Buckeye Union High School, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 39 Courson, Steve, ex-NFL player, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buc- caneers, prepared statement of .................................................................... 43 Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland, prepared statement of ............................................................ 23 Davis, Chairman Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia, prepared statement of ................................................................... 5 Finkle, Bryan, NFL consulting toxicologist on anabolic steroids and relat- ed substances, prepared statement of ......................................................... 76 Goldberg, Linn, professor of medicine, Oregon Health Sciences Univer- sity, prepared statement of .......................................................................... 49 Lombardo, John A., NFL advisor, anabolic steroids and related sub- stances, prepared statement of .................................................................... 67 McHenry, Hon. Patrick T., a Representative in Congress from the State of North Carolina .......................................................................................... 180 Porter, Hon. Jon C., a Representative in Congress from the State of Nevada, prepared statement of .................................................................... 179 Sanders, Hon. Bernard, a Representative in Congress from the State of Vermont, prepared statement of .............................................................. 30 Souder, Hon. Mark E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana, prepared statement of ............................................................... 19 Stewart, Willie, head football coach, Anacostia High School, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 36 Tagliabue, Paul, commissioner, National Football League, prepared state- ment of ........................................................................................................... 117 Upshaw, Gene, executive director, National Football League Players As- sociation, prepared statement of .................................................................. 137 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:42 Jun 28, 2005 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\21242.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 IV Page Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by—Continued Wadler, Gary I., associate professor of clinical medicine, New York Uni- versity School of Medicine, prepared statement of .................................... 58 Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State of California: Letters dated April 26, 2005................................................................... 11, 168 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 14 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:42 Jun 28, 2005 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\21242.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 STEROID USE IN SPORTS, PART II: EXAMIN- ING THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE’S POLICY ON ANABOLIC STEROIDS AND RE- LATED SUBSTANCES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Tom Davis (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Davis of Virginia, Shays, Gutknecht, Souder, Duncan, Turner, Issa, Brown-Waite, McHenry, Dent, Wax- man, Towns, Sanders, Cummings, Kucinich, Davis of Illinois, Clay, Watson, Lynch, Sanchez, Ruppersberger, Higgins, and Norton. Also present: Representatives Sweeney and Payne. Staff present: Melissa Wojciak, staff director; David Marin, dep- uty staff director/communications director; Keith Ausbrook, chief counsel; Jennifer Safavian, chief counsel for oversight and inves- tigations; Howie Dennis and Anne Marie Turner, counsels; Rob White, press secretary; Drew Crockett, deputy director of commu- nications; John Cuaderes, subcommittee staff director; Susie Schulte, professional staff member; Teresa Austin, chief clerk; Sarah D’Orsie, deputy clerk; Kristina Sherry, legislative cor- respondent; Corinne Zaccagnini, chief information officer; Phil Schiliro, minority chief of staff; Phil Barnett, minority staff direc- tor/chief counsel; Kristin Amerling, minority deputy chief counsel; Karen Lightfoot, minority communications director/senior policy ad- visor; Brian Cohen, minority senior investigator and policy advisor; Earley Green, minority chief clerk; Jean Gosa and Teresa Coufal, minority assistant clerks; and Cecelia Morton, minority office man- ager. Chairman TOM DAVIS. The committee will come to order. Good morning,
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