The following was posted Friday on the Web site for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform…
“In a letter to Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters, Chairman Waxman summarizes results of the Committee’s investigation into steroid use in professional wrestling and requests that ONDCP examine the widespread steroid abuse and systemic deficiencies in testing policies and practices.”
To read several INTERESTING documents, including the below, click here (size of PDF files located at House.gov are in parentheses).
* Letter to John Walters (2 MB)
* Vince McMahon Interview (382 KB)
* David Black Interview (4 MB)
* Dixie Carter Interview (2 MB)
* Dr. Tracy Ray Interview (150 KB)
* Frederick Feuerbach Interview (980 KB)
* Linda McMahon Interview (4 MB)
* Stephanie McMahon Interview (409 KB)
* Summary of Total Nonstop Action Testing Results, January 2008 (24 KB)
* Summary of WWE Baseline Testing Results (230 KB)
* Summary of WWE Positive Pre-Employment Testing Actions (314 KB)
* Summary of WWE Testing Results, July 2007 – March 2008 (367 KB)
* Summary of WWE Testing Results, March 2006 – June 2007 (132 KB)
* WWE Steroid Testing Policy, February 2006 (1 MB)
* Total Nonstop Action Entertainment Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy, August 2008 (2 MB)
* Amendment to WWE Testing Policy, Aug. 2006 (118 KB)
There is a lot to read through here, so I will reserve further comment to the comments section below or future posts.
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I wonder who was doing what over at TNA.
I’ve read Vince and Steph’s transcripts. Both were pretty interesting. Especiallt to see the difference in how both treated the event.
[...] It seems that the government didn’t get the message about TNA not having to publicly disclose the information since they aren’t a publicly traded company like the WWE is. Of course, that won’t stop the government to require action to be taken. However it remains to be seen whether or not the government does anything in the short term because of the country’s economical issues. To keep my column from having any political bias, this won’t be brought up again unless it is necessary. To view more information about what our government is doing to attempt to curb steroid and drug usage in the wrestling industry, click here. [...]