The NFL and the NFL Players Association say they’ve concluded that Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid was not unfairly targeted for excessive drug testing, based on a report that the league and union ordered from the independent administrator of their collectively bargained drug program.
“There is no evidence of targeting or any other impropriety with respect to his selection for testing,” the NFL and NFLPA said in a joint written statement issued Wednesday.
Reid had said he was being selected too often for what is, under the terms of the policy, random testing. Reid has suggested that the number of times he was tested might be related to his protests during the national anthem.