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== Substance abuse ==

== Substance abuse ==

Performance-enhancing substance abuse has widespread for a long time in the NFL, as owners and the players union engage in [[liberal denial]] about it while profiting from the more violent play.  Lyle Alzado, a much-promoted star in the 1970s and 80s, died at the age of only 43 from a rare form of cancer that he attributed to his steroid use.<ref>http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Alzado_Lyle.html</ref>

Performance-enhancing substance abuse has widespread for a long time in the NFL, as owners and the players union engage in [[liberal denial]] about it while profiting from the more violent play.  Lyle Alzado, a much-promoted star in the 1970s and 80s, died at the age of only 43 from a rare form of cancer that he attributed to his steroid use,<ref>http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Alzado_Lyle.html</ref> Alzado said he began taking anabolic steroids in 1969 (at the age of 20) and took them throughout his football career.<ref>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-05-15/sports/1992136109_1_lyle-alzado-steroids-brain-cancer</ref>

At least one expert has opined that problem is never going away.<ref>http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-performance-enhancing-drug-testing-will-get-tougher-ped-testing-tougher-alex-marvez-062515</ref>

At least one expert has opined that problem is never going away.<ref>http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-performance-enhancing-drug-testing-will-get-tougher-ped-testing-tougher-alex-marvez-062515</ref>