Breakthrough Drug Testing Affects NSFL
Rumors are swirling around that drug testing in the NSFL has improved, and players around the league (who won't be named), are getting a little worried about the upcoming drug tests before training camp. In a combined effort Medical laboratory Alliance Imaging and pharmaceutical company Merck have created a breakthrough performance enhancing drug test using old technology combined with expensive new equipment. As before Gas Chromatography will be used on urine samples for athletes who have so far tested clean, and on blood samples for athletes who have tested dirty.
One of these performance enhancing drugs, known to chemists as IGF-1 has been known to help increase 40-yard dash times by as much as 4% in double-blind studies. As a result we may see slower linemen in the NSFL in season 2, as previous users will not be able to reap the recovery and muscle enhancing benefits that IGF-1 and similar performance enhancing drugs brought. Although linemen speed TPE will likely be reduced in season 2, it's been stated by anonymous sources that linemen who were previously using IGF-1 had found a new drug known by it's chemical name Somatomedin B which will allow TPE redistribution from speed into other athletic measurables such as agility.
Some NSFL teams and players are worried that the new speed reductions from linemen due to the enhanced testing will hurt the game and limit what defensive linemen are able to do as they reach their peaks. The NSFL commissioner is in a tough spot, because while they cannot condone performance enhancing drugs in any way shape or form, they must ensure that their players will be effective on the field with sufficient training. Defense did seem to rule the field in season 1 however, so this may be a positive change that leads to more balanced games. With the new agility-enhancing effects on Somatomedin B however we may see even more sacks, so the results are up in the air.
It is also possible that because the defensive linemen are so important to the defense as a whole, that a small change such as this will mean offensive dominance in season 2 however unlikely. A cursory glance at season 1 vs season 2 stats on a game-by-game basis at the end of season 2 will tell much of the story.
"A 320 lb. defensive linemen who could run a 4.50 40-yard dash was ridiculous" claims an anonymous starting NSFL quarterback. He went on further, "How are we as quarterbacks supposed to be able to get away from these guys when I need to make my reads? Quarterbacks as a whole were very disadvantaged in season 1 as it was, without having a damn refrigerator sized man chasing me at 17 miles per hour, trying to break my neck!"
Running backs should also look for slightly improved performances in some cases, as EDGE defenders will no longer be able to stop on a dime and head full speed their way just as they're reaching the hole in the line. With that said the agility increases will also allow them to shed their blocks easier, so running backs behind the line and near blockers may find they're being tackled for a loss more often in season 2.
It is unknown what, if any changes in drug testing will happen in season 3. Will the NSFL start testing for Somatomedin B and perhaps force linemen's agility to be downgraded along with speed? Will anabolic steroid tests become less stringent so linemen are stronger? Only time will tell.
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Rumors are swirling around that drug testing in the NSFL has improved, and players around the league (who won't be named), are getting a little worried about the upcoming drug tests before training camp. In a combined effort Medical laboratory Alliance Imaging and pharmaceutical company Merck have created a breakthrough performance enhancing drug test using old technology combined with expensive new equipment. As before Gas Chromatography will be used on urine samples for athletes who have so far tested clean, and on blood samples for athletes who have tested dirty.
One of these performance enhancing drugs, known to chemists as IGF-1 has been known to help increase 40-yard dash times by as much as 4% in double-blind studies. As a result we may see slower linemen in the NSFL in season 2, as previous users will not be able to reap the recovery and muscle enhancing benefits that IGF-1 and similar performance enhancing drugs brought. Although linemen speed TPE will likely be reduced in season 2, it's been stated by anonymous sources that linemen who were previously using IGF-1 had found a new drug known by it's chemical name Somatomedin B which will allow TPE redistribution from speed into other athletic measurables such as agility.
Some NSFL teams and players are worried that the new speed reductions from linemen due to the enhanced testing will hurt the game and limit what defensive linemen are able to do as they reach their peaks. The NSFL commissioner is in a tough spot, because while they cannot condone performance enhancing drugs in any way shape or form, they must ensure that their players will be effective on the field with sufficient training. Defense did seem to rule the field in season 1 however, so this may be a positive change that leads to more balanced games. With the new agility-enhancing effects on Somatomedin B however we may see even more sacks, so the results are up in the air.
It is also possible that because the defensive linemen are so important to the defense as a whole, that a small change such as this will mean offensive dominance in season 2 however unlikely. A cursory glance at season 1 vs season 2 stats on a game-by-game basis at the end of season 2 will tell much of the story.
"A 320 lb. defensive linemen who could run a 4.50 40-yard dash was ridiculous" claims an anonymous starting NSFL quarterback. He went on further, "How are we as quarterbacks supposed to be able to get away from these guys when I need to make my reads? Quarterbacks as a whole were very disadvantaged in season 1 as it was, without having a damn refrigerator sized man chasing me at 17 miles per hour, trying to break my neck!"
Running backs should also look for slightly improved performances in some cases, as EDGE defenders will no longer be able to stop on a dime and head full speed their way just as they're reaching the hole in the line. With that said the agility increases will also allow them to shed their blocks easier, so running backs behind the line and near blockers may find they're being tackled for a loss more often in season 2.
It is unknown what, if any changes in drug testing will happen in season 3. Will the NSFL start testing for Somatomedin B and perhaps force linemen's agility to be downgraded along with speed? Will anabolic steroid tests become less stringent so linemen are stronger? Only time will tell.
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