Players of the NFL agree to perform blood tests for HGH

NFL players don’t trust methods applied by the WADA. Why did the distrust appear? Let try to understand the reason.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to test players of the National Football League for HGH. However the NFL Players’ Association has agreed, several skeptic arguments linked with the level of trustworthiness of blood test for HGH were expressed. This test is going to be only a part of the testing for anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
Certain experts who are not involved in the WADA activity directly are skeptic to the methods applied by this agency. They support the skepticism of the NFL players.
Matt Chaney, a main chronicler of intake of steroids in American football, confirms that the NFL players are skeptic to the WADA anti-doping tests not without any reason. The point of view of the players is justified by Matt Chaney.
Don Catlin, the director of Anti-Doping Research, says that methods of the WADA for detection of HGH have to be transparent. The WADA utilizes the HGH isoform ratio test elaborated by Christian Strasburger.
It is important to mention that according to some specialists, the method of this test is not proved scientifically. It is not trustworthy. The Director of Anti-Doping Research claims that this test is not good for detection of HGH at all.
There is another test which may be applied by the WADA to identify sportspersons who use HGH. Sonksen introduced a certain HGH testing method that is based on physiological biomarkers. But the WADA doesn’t use the method of Sonksen to detect consumers of HGH.
According to Sonksen, workers of the WADA are not specialists in this area. That’s why they do not see the priority of one method over the other. But as it was proved scientifically, the HGH biomarker test is more useful than HGH isoform test.
Although experts claim about difference between these two tests, the WADA doesn’t want to change the method.