Le’Veon Bell is the latest NFL player to feel targeted by the league’s drug testing program, and the star running back says he is not going to submit to any more tests for the rest of the season.
Like many other players have done before him, Bell took to Twitter on Wednesday to imply he does not believe the NFL’s random drug testing program is truly random. He also accused sample collectors of using “dirty a– needles” and said he will not take another test after submitting to five in the past 10 weeks.
I done had 5 “random” HGH blood test in 10 weeks…@NFL I’m not doing another after today, whatever y’all lookin for it obviously ain’t there & I’m not about to keep allowing y’all to stick me with those dirty ass needles..find the players who really do that HGH BS & get off me..
— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) November 20, 2019
The NFL tests players for performance-enhancing drugs on a random basis, and they have had the legitimacy of the program questioned many times in the past. Carolina Panthers defensive back Eric Reid believed he was being targeted last year because of his role in national anthem protests, which led to both the NFL and NFL Players Association releasing a statement confirming there was evidence Reid’s name was randomly pulled from a computer program.
Bell has 817 total yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns so far in his first season with the Jets. He is the second star player in the past week to call out the NFL over drug testing, and he likely won’t be the last.
