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A To test the entire roster, not at this point.

Q The Florida Department of Health --

A Not back in

Q There were no plans at that time?

A Correct. BY MR BUFFONE:

Q Is it your understanding or recollection that you learned of the Florida compliance after you learned of the wellness policy; do you remember?

A I don't know. The request did not come in to me. I just remember hearing about it in that April, May. I would assume that came in after. That may have been a reaction to the WWE wellness policy coming out. I believe their substance policy came out as a reaction to the Eddie Guerrero death. So I believe when Eddie Guerrero died, I believe they instituted the wellness policy. I think that was the driving force behind that.

Q Uh-huh.

A And that may have also been the driving force in us being requested of this information as well.

Q Okay.

A But I don't have that information specifically why they requested that and when. Mr. Buffone. All right. BY MR COHEN:

Q Since that May of -- now moving ahead a little bit with the policy and where we stand now, have there been any changes to TNA's policies and procedures concerning drug use since May of 2006?

A Yes. Actually, earlier this year, probably second quarter, we started talking about the desire to do a more proactive test, not because we felt that there was reason or doubt but because we felt like, in our desire to distinguish our company, for us to say certain things it needed to be -­I needed to be able to walk into a congressional meeting and say, hey, guys, here's exactly what you're looking for. You don't have to take my word. For us to come out there and do some of the proactive ways in which we wanted to position our company. We were using the words, "the new face of professional wrestling". Quite honestly, our biggest challenge in staying in business is fighting the perception of wrestling. It's a dirty word out there and for good reason. We have had to go in there and try to convince people we will be different to work with. You are working with a different kind of people, organization. So that has been a big challenge for us. So that was one of the reasons we felt like earlier this year we were going to do that.

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