Players who want to play in a World Cup could accept stricter testing that would not affect their major league status.

Giambi said the stricter testing would not affect his decision.

Suspicions about some players will loom larger than ever until the stricter testing resolves the matter.

Like so many people in and out of baseball, Fehr said he was hoping for a resolution on stricter testing.

The main reason the players union agreed to the stricter testing is that participation in this event is voluntary.

Of the eight major league players who have tested positive in baseball's stricter testing program, four are pitchers.

The project was subject to the strictest environmental testing and monitoring requirements in the world at the time.

There is a strong reason for the companies to avoid stricter testing.

This disaster was a driving force behind requiring strict testing of drugs before making them available to the public.

Because the positive test results exceeded the 5 percent threshold, the agreement calls for all players to undergo stricter testing starting on March 2, 2004.