Updated: May 9, 2011, 11:26 AM ET
The NFL is considering having the World Anti-Doping Agency oversee testing of players for performance-enhancing drugs if a federal appeals court forces the league to end the lockout and implement rules for operating the league this season, The New York Times reported.
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The Times cited an unidentified NFL official briefed on its planning.
"Our thought has been we have always been looking to make our program as effective as it can be," the official told The Times.
The newspaper reports bringing in WADA could eventually lead to players being blood tested for human growth hormone for the first time.
"There have been some things, HGH is one of them, that the union has resisted," the official told the newspaper. "When we get to the point where there is not a party involved, maybe we should consider what we consider important to keep pace with science and trends."
The NFL and players are locked in a labor battle that has gone to the courts. The owners are currently locking out the players, who have dissolved their union and sued the owners in federal court.
NFLPA spokesman George Atallah would not comment when contacted by The Times.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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