Dick Pound

superhab · Guru

Dick Pound

MC Girl · Guru

His name does say it all eh? LOL

beakermania · Senior Member

I still say it looks good on him that after coming out and saying half the players in the league were on "something."

Not a single one was found in the NHL's independent tests.

Congrats Dick, you lived up to your name there.

Figaro · Guru

What do you expect the guy to do? His job is to clean up dopers. And you canot possibly believe that not 1 NHLer is on roids. That would be stupid. The only reason the PA and NHL are on Dick's ass is to deflect the public eye from their poor testing system. Seriously. And even with no roids, what about blood doping or other enhancers. If year 1 of a league self testing cleaned out all the cheaters I could grow wings.

beakermania · Senior Member

Figaro wrote:

What do you expect the guy to do? His job is to clean up dopers. And you canot possibly believe that not 1 NHLer is on roids. That would be stupid. The only reason the PA and NHL are on Dick's ass is to deflect the public eye from their poor testing system. Seriously. And even with no roids, what about blood doping or other enhancers. If year 1 of a league self testing cleaned out all the cheaters I could grow wings.

Noone said that there was not 1 player on Steriods. However i think the numbers are far lower than Dick Pound has stated. He claimed that 1/3 to 1/2 of the league was on some sort of illegal drug. Now I think it is safe to assume that some people beat the tests, however i also think it is safe to assume that the more people using means more people getting caught. If not one person was caught of a supposed 250+ players using (according to Dick Pound's inference) that makes me believe that Pound is guessing WAY, WAY, WAY too high in his estimates.

Also it is proven that steriods would have a limited influence in a players ability to play hockey. Pumping up on Roids would improve your strength, however the increased bulk and muscle mass would hinder mobility, and agility, two things necessary to play hockey at a high level, whether it be in the "old" NHL or the "new" NHL which has an even greater premium placed on these skills. Personally i think stimulants like efedrine (found in sudafed) and caffeine are far more likely to be the drugs of choice for a hockey player than steriods.