Positive Test Not Required to Suspend Santana Moss

Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss' name has emerged in the HGH case against Toronto-based Dr. Anthony Galea.

According to the Buffalo News, "when Galea’s medical assistant was arrested at the Peace Bridge last September, she was on her way to Washington, D.C., where Galea was planning to meet with Moss and treat him for an injury".

For his part, Moss isn't talking, which is very smart of him. There currently is no known, reliable test to detect HGH, but the NFL has precedent to suspend a player for even admissions to using the banned substance.

New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison was suspended for four games in 2007 after admitting to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he took a banned substance to "accelerate the healing" process. Harrison's admission came after his name surfaced in an investigation by the Albany (NY) County District Attorney's office into an Internet drug ring. Harrison admitted to prosecutors that he had used the substance, which resulted in a hearing with Commissioner Goodell, which resulted in a four-game suspension.

According to the Buffalo News report, prosecutors do not plan to pursue criminal charges against Moss, and his name does not appear in court documents. William J. Hochul, Jr., the U.S. Attorney in Buffalo, would not comment on whether or not he'd share information with the NFL or Major League Baseball about the player's dealings with Galea.

If prosecutors do interview Moss in conjunction with their investigation, however, and he admits to receiving treatments involving HGH from Galea, the NFL will swiftly begin their own investigation into what sort of treatment Moss received from Dr. Galea.

Galea's attorney, Mark Mahoney, insists the NFL has nothing to worry about.

"Officials of the NFL and other sports organizations can sleep soundly tonight, because there is nothing he did with these athletes to help them with performance enhancement," Mahoney said. "(Galea) strictly provided treatment for injuries. If any athlete got [human growth hormone], it was injected directly into injured tissue, in very small amounts, for purposes of healing."

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