General Discussions

[DJC]

Chicken Nixon did say the both he and cousins were in the 99.9th percentile and their individual stories are very much unique.
But how many people would even know what metabolic percentile they would even be in....or of it was even a thing?

As for the testing, my understanding is that they don't do all 3 tests at the same time, despite having all available to them. I don't know the logistics of it, but players are well aware of them.

If you get super worried, just do what Ben cousins did and shave off all his hair when he was due to get tested. That was in his doco. Can't do hair tests if you have no hair to test.

Perhaps all players with shaved heads are ones we should be more wary of?

The AFL wasn’t doing hair testing when Cousins was playing.  While he shaved down to avoid testing, I think that it was club testing and/or a contractual requirement.

I’m not sure that I would trust anything Nixon has to say and how would he have established that he and Cousins were in the 99.9th percentile?  Probably wishful thinking.

As for shaved heads, it’s the coves with no eyebrows and full body waxes that you’d be suspicious of … and it’s damn hard to get rid of your nasal hair ?