White: Cracking down on testosterone replacement therapy ‘impossible’
“We’ve got 375 guys under contract,” White said. “We’re doing a zillion fights a year, traveling all over the world,…
“We’ve got 375 guys under contract,” White said. “We’re doing a zillion fights a year, traveling all over the world, all these other things that we’re doing. Now, you really think that we can crack down and [expletive] chase these guys around everywhere they live all over the world and just randomly test these guys all the time?”
“It’s impossible,” he said. “I want to see [expletive] baseball and football and all these other guys get tested the way we get tested. There would be no baseball or football if they got tested the way we get tested. I don’t want to throw this thing at everyone else, but the point is, we’re the most regulated sport on the planet, and that’s a fact.”
Testosterone use covers a gray area. Unlike marijuana, it’s not technically illegal, and it’s difficult to conclusively determine whether a fighter is using it out of medical necessity or due to prior steroid use, White isn’t in the position to shun it outright.
“Testosterone replacement therapy is something you can do,” he told MMAjunkie.com. “It’s for guys whose testosterone is too low, but here’s what you’re supposed to do: You’re supposed to get it back to the levels of a normal guy your age, and if you’re even that much over, now it becomes illegal.
