Drug testing GAA players ‘waste of money’
The Kilkenny City-based GP, who served on the GAA’s scientific and player welfare committee, believes the ramifications of a positive test could haunt a player for the rest of their lives even if it was the result of accidental or passive doping.
However, given the financial restrictions on Irish sport Crowley argued pumping millions into policing drug use was a bad move. “I think there’s an inordinate amount of money being wasted on it. Amateur athletes are being tested on a regular basis to show there is no drug use in sport,” he said on the Marian Finucane Show yesterday.
