I was tested. Notified the day before the test and then had to go in and
give a sample. This was winter of 2000. I also know someone who was
"busted" for steroid use by the NCAA... so they do test with little notice
AND find positive cases. Often an athletics dept tries to cover up the
charge, however, so as to pretect their name. That is why you don't hear
about it that often. In the NCAA you get a one year ban, so I imagine a lot
of athletes use that as their redshirt year.
M
>From: "Mcewen, Brian T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Mcewen, Brian T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: t-and-f: EPO Question/steroids
>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:11:38 -0400
>
><<< Division I NCAA track and field athletes are
>subject to year-round random testing for anabolic
>agents, diuretics, peptide hormones and analogues, and
>urine manipulators. >>>
>
>This is true ... they are SUBJECT to it ... but ask them how many times
>they
>actually GET TESTED.
>
>
>The athletes that lived near me used to tell me they were going through
>withdrawal ... because they were due for drug testing in 10 days. They had
>to quit smoking pot during that time.
>
>The frequency of testing and advance notice may vary from region to region
>and may have changed in the last ten years .... but you can certainly get
>away with steroid use in NCAA athletics.
>
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