"Moving on to the later 1990s and 2000, I heard from a couple of sources that Conte had moved on from nutritional supplements into providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs," Novitzky said.
On one hand, athletes and their agents could view Fantex as a compelling proposition, providing athletes with a large upfront payment for giving up a certain percentage of their future earnings.
Beginning in 2002, with the pursuit of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative steroid-distribution case, federal authorities have sought to focus on those across the country they believed were providing athletes with steroids, human growth hormone and other banned substances.
And this time it is a fervent one, as recent advances in medical science have had the side-effect of providing athletes with new ways of enhancing performance, and thus of putting an even greater strain on people's ethical sensibilities.This is especially true of gene therapy.
Underreporting may also be reduced by providing athletes and coaches with a standardised definition of a reportable injury.
National performance director Chris Furber said: "A review took place to ensure that we were providing athletes with the best support and services within their daily training environments.
