Why hasn’t the NBA ever had a performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) scandal? Individual players have occasionally been caught for various small infractions, but there’s never been a major BALCO-type scandal. How is that possible? Spencer Lund, a writer for Complex magazine, explored the topic. In his estimation, a big reason is the NBA’s players’ union, but are there other factors in play? In this interview from my radio show, we discuss the reasons.
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2018-03-12
What about the NHL?
USADA Would have a field day with the NBA
Let them juice. I want the REEM back!
the last 5 seconds reminds me why i listen to foghorn leghorn here. he's right.
im a gsw fan and i fucking love jwall homie lmao
'Rigorous testing' this Lund chap is a fucking gonk if he thinks basketball is tested anywhere near thoroughly enough.
This guest is clueless and inarticulate. A blood test for hgh—ok, is that all they are testing for in the blood??? What about EPO? What about roids, or are they only testing for HGH in the blood? Are they doing urine tests? Blah, so frustrating listening to this guy had to shut it off after 5 minutes.
Get Victor Conte next time. At least he knows wtf he is talking about!
Luke ‘because of stupidity over weed I support HGH’ Thomas.
NBA players are using PED's to be better at putting a ball in a hoop. Revenue is a large, shared pie and drug use may lead to revenue growth. Whereas, MMA fighters use PED's to be better at compromising the health of their opponent. Revenue is not shared, to the winner goes the spoils and PED scandals could severely decrease revenue. Huge differences.