Seems like there’s a HUGE loophole
The experts said such notes gave players notice of tests, removing the element of surprise, an essential part of drug testing. Players can avoid testing positive, the experts said, because they have time to dilute their urine, use a masking agent or attach a device to produce someone else’s urine.
“I cannot believe at this day and time, and after all the attention that drug testing has received, that they are doing this,” said Dr. Gary Wadler, an official of the World Anti-Doping Agency, which oversees the testing of Olympic athletes. “I just don’t believe it — it jeopardizes everything drug testing stands for.”
N.F.L. officials acknowledged on Friday that the note was authentic and said the league did not have a uniform policy for asking players to produce urine samples. The officials said that they left it up to the drug testing company they hired to collect the sample to determine how the players should be notified.
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