Mark Cuban wants NBA to consider allowing HGH use

[barefacedmonk]

Cuban isn’t advocating the use of the controversial drug but rather calling attention to what he sees as a dearth of research on the topic as it relates to athletes who are recovering from injury. His hope, which he shared in front of the league’s owners and league officials at an Oct. 23 Board of Governors meeting in New York, is that a more-informed decision can be made as to whether it should remain on the league’s banned-substance list or perhaps be utilized as a way of expediting an athlete’s return to the court. If it were ever allowed — and it’s safe to say that won’t be happening anytime soon — Cuban sees a major benefit for teams and their fans like.

“The issue isn’t whether I think it should be used,” Cuban told USA TODAY Sports via e-mail. “The issue is that it has not been approved for such use. And one of the reasons it hasn’t been approved is that there have not been studies done to prove the benefits of prescribing HGH for athletic rehabilitation or any injury rehabilitation that I’m aware of. The product has such a huge (public) stigma that no one wants to be associated with it.”

“I believe that professional sports leagues should work together and fund studies to determine the efficacy of HGH for rehabbing an injury,” Cuban told USA TODAY Sports. “Working together could lead us from the path of demonizing HGH and even testosterone towards a complete understanding. It could allow us to make a data based decision rather than the emotional decision we are currently making. And if it can help athletes recover more quickly, maybe we can extend careers and have healthier happier players and fans.”

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[lightspeed5]

test dirk.

[barefacedmonk]

Players use it anyway. Might as well make it legal and level the playing field.

[guava_wrench]

I am 100% behind the principle that if HGH will help athletes be healthier, let them use it. That being said, getting back quicker from injury is not necessarily the same as being healthier. But that is a detail the scientists will have to analyze.

[Kiorrik]

I am 100% behind the principle that if HGH will help athletes be healthier, let them use it. That being said, getting back quicker from injury is not necessarily the same as being healthier. But that is a detail the scientists will have to analyze.

Spot on, I guess.

[Kiorrik]

Blake Griffin and the monumental growth on his elbow want to know about legalized drugs too btw.

http://fansided.com/2014/02/16/nba-star-game-2014-blake-griffins-nasty-elbow-photo/#!v7o7S

[wdleehi]

I think a study by all the major sports on the positives and negatives would be a great idea. 



Might as well have the debate from a point on knowledge. 

[Global Celtic]

Marc Cuban's body = HGH

[CoachBo]

Mark, LeBron James says hi.

[Snakehead]

The thing is I bet that in the future average joe's (and yes probably athletes) will use steroids and HGH that have become safer and safer and don't have that stigma.