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Published 18:46 14 Jun 2017 BST
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Doping is a topic that rarely rears its ugly head in GAA circles. That is something we should be hugely thankful for.
It's wishful thinking to assume that all of our GAA players are 100% clean, however.
GAA players make a savage commitment to the game, between winter training, extra gym sessions and so on. Their lives revolve around the game. They live and breathe the game.
Drug testing in the GAA is not as common in the GAA as it should be, as Conan Doherty claimed on The GAA Hour Show recently.
"The Irish Anti-Doping Agency in 2015 only tested 97 times in GAA," said Doherty
"When something like this comes up, we shouldn’t be so quick to say, 'ah nonsense, it doesn’t happen here'
When testing is so rare, and when there is a strong likelihood that a player won't be tested, it is inevitable that the possibility of taking performance enhancing drugs will tempt players.
The GAA has an obligation to ensure that our games are clean and that what we're competing in is fair.
Increased testing should be welcomed in the GAA by players and by everybody else.
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