NEW YORK - Drug testing in Major League Baseball has stopped, a casualty of the sport’s lockout that started Dec.
2.Testing for steroids was halted for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement between management and the players' association, two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program told The Associated Press.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because no public announcement was made.When they negotiated the 2017-21 drug agreement, the sides included a provision that states "the termination date and time of the program shall be 11:59 p.m.
ET on Dec. 1, 2021." That matched the expiration of the five-year labor contract."It should be a major concern to all those who value fair play," Travis Tygart, chief executive officer of the U.S.