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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith testifies on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.

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  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith testifies on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  10. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith testifies on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  11. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, Rob Manfred, executive vice president of labor and human resources in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball, NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, Michael Weiner, general counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association, Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Gabriel Feldman, associate professor of law and director of the Sports Law Program at Tulane University Law School, and Jeffrey Standen, professor of law at the Willamette University College of Law (L-R), testify on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  12. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith (C) testifies on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, Rob Manfred, executive vice president of labor and human resources in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball, NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, Michael Weiner, general counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association, Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Gabriel Feldman, associate professor of law and director of the Sports Law Program at Tulane University Law School, and Jeffrey Standen, professor of law at the Willamette University College of Law (L-R), testify on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: (L-R) National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, Rob Manfred, executive vice president of labor and human resources in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball, NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, Michael Weiner, general counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association, Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Gabriel Feldman, associate professor of law and director of the Sports Law Program at Tulane University Law School, and Jeffrey Standen, professor of law at the Willamette University College of Law (L-R), are sworn in prior to testifying on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith testifies on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.
  16. DeMaurice Smith, NFL Players Association Executive Director, testifies before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce committee on "The NFL StarCaps Case: Are Sports' Anti-Doping Programs at a Legal Crossroads?" on Capitol Hill in Washington November 3, 2009.

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