Players would be subject to multiple tests year-round without notice under the program, which is being fine-tuned in talks between the league and players union, Adolpho Birch, NFL senior vice president of law and labor policy who will oversee the program, told a teleconference.
League owners and players agreed to the testing as part of the NFL's new collective bargaining agreement.
It would make the league the first major U.S. professional sport to use blood testing for HGH.
"There is every possibility it will be implemented by the first game of this season because that is what the parties have committed to," Birch said.
The league opens its regular season on September 8. Pre-season contests start on Thursday.
League owners and players agreed to the testing as part of the NFL's new collective bargaining agreement.
It would make the league the first major U.S. professional sport to use blood testing for HGH.
"There is every possibility it will be implemented by the first game of this season because that is what the parties have committed to," Birch said.
The league opens its regular season on September 8. Pre-season contests start on Thursday.
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