For other supplements, players can consult a hot line.
PAGE A6 N.F.L. Bans Stimulant The National Football League has decided to ban the use of ephedra, which is in many supplements players take to enhance energy.
In essence, the paying public could end up supplementing players in need.
So they keep doing it even though the WNBA allots $50,000 per team to supplement players who chose to stay home.
10 A mean intake of 4.6 dietary supplements per player, prescribed medications and over-the-counter substances were reported for Canadian athletes.
A wide range was reported for nutritional supplement use (0 7.4 nutritional supplements per player, per match), with as many as ten different substances being taken prior to a match in some cases.
Altchek said the Mets planned to expand their knowledge of supplements that players might be taking.
"The supplements our players were given, in my opinion and my knowledge, were all approved and within the regulations we all play the game by," he said.
But the Adidas principals emphasize that their input should only supplement a player's regular team effort and that they want top players to have full-time coaches.
The NRL said its preliminary findings indicated that the Sharks had "exposed players to significant potential risks to health" while Flanagan had "failed to take appropriate action when he became aware that unsafe practices had been employed in the administration of supplements to players".
The medical-care fund will be supplemented by players' fine money and by other contributions.
