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Dec 16

Le’Veon Bell Has Been Drug Tested 5 Times This Year — and He’s Furious – Sportscasting

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After holding out all of last season, LeVeon Bell signed a four-year contract with the Jets this offseason, worth more than $50 million. Hes experienced a disappointing first season in New York, and now hes making headlines for an off-the-field issue.

Bell believes the NFL is targeting him for drug testing more than other players possibly because of his two drug suspensions in 2015 and 2016. The running back has already been tested five times this year, and he is getting really frustrated about it.

According to the league and players association, NFL players are randomly chosen to be tested for performance-enhancing drugs and recreational drugs, including marijuana. All players are subject to testing throughout the year, with tests often performed during the first two weeks of training camp.

Players in the NFLs drug program are subject to more frequent testing up to six tests per year. Testing involves both an A sample and a B sample, with the B sample serving as a second sample for confirmation if the A sample comes up positive for a banned substance.

Bell tweeted that he has had 5 random HGH blood test[s] in 10 weeks, and hes not doing another after today. Since he is under the six-test limit, if Bell is asked to take another test and refuses, he could face a suspension.

The 27-year-old has already been suspended twice for drug-related violations. After being charged with DUI and marijuana possession in 2014, he was suspended for two games in the 2015 season.

Then, in 2016, he was suspended four games for a missed drug test, which the league considers the same as a failed test. Neither of those suspensions were related to performance-enhancing drugs or HGH, which is what Bell has been tested for five times this year.

Given his history with marijuana, the wide receiver thinks hes being singled out, rather than being subjected to random tests. He said he feels like every time the testers are at the Jets facility to perform HGH testing, he gets picked.

While it seems like Bell is upset with being chosen to be tested so often, he says his real issue is the way hes being tested by having blood drawn. He doesnt like needles, and that is whats bothering him about all of the recent tests.

The wide receiver says if the NFL wants to have him pee in a cup to be tested, he can do that all day, but he doesnt want anything to do with needles.

Peeing in a cup isnt an option for HGH testing. Unlike marijuana, HGH cant be detected in urine and drawing blood is the only reliable test for the substance. This doesnt matter to Bell, who threatens that the league isnt getting no more of my blood. They can use the blood theyve got now.

Between Bells disappointing season and the Jets being in rebuild mode, it seems like the circumstances could lead to a separation between the two after this season. However, the money situation may prevent it from happening.

If the Jets cant trade Bell in the offseason, they are unlikely to cut the veteran running back. It would be a $19 million charge in dead money if the team cuts him.

Bell can opt-out of the last two years of the deal after 2020, but he is unlikely to do so if his lack of production continues next season. At that point, though, the Jets may be more willing to cut him because the cap hit will continue to decrease as time goes on.

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