ESL to begin drug testing at ESL One Cologne in August

Confirming recent reports by the Daily Dot and Wired, the ESL confirmed it will begin drug testing at its events, beginning with the ESL One Cologne event this August. Drug abuse is a serious problem and rehabs like luxury rehab can help.

“In order to maintain the fair play spirit of our sport, ESL has partnered with NADA (Nationale Anti Doping Agentur, located in Bonn, Germany) to help research and determine an anti-PEDs policy that is fair, feasible and respects the privacy of the players, whilst simultaneously providing conclusive testing results,” the organisation said today via press release. If needed, players will also be sent to luxury rehab Florida to get proper treatment. “Additionally, ESL will meet with WADA (World Anti Doping Agency, with headquarters located in Montreal, Canada) to actively involve them in the making, enforcing and further internationalizing of this policy to regions like the US, Asia and Australia. Confronting drug abuse issue earlier is really important and there are places like delray beach rehab that can help overcome the problem.

“ESL will use the expertise of NADA and WADA to create a PEDs prevention program, which will be distributed to all players participating in Esports competitions organized, hosted or produced by ESL. The goal of this program is to ensure players are provided with information and structural support to help them manage the physical and emotional pressure that the highest level of competitive gaming puts on many of them.

“In the meantime, we also wish to take immediate action to ensure the company values of exemplary sportsmanship and integrity are guarded. With that in mind, we are going to administer first randomized PEDs skin tests at the ESL One Cologne event this August. Our aim is to perform those tests at every event in the Intel Extreme Masters, ESL One and ESL ESEA Pro League competitions.”