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April 7, 2008, 10:30 pm
Flag as Inappropriate jazzycatzz  

I'm watching the NCAA basketball finals at this moment, and I'm just curious: is there any proof of steroid use among college basketball players now? It was not talked about when I was in school (late '70's).

There is no doubt steroid use is plaguing all levels of sports. The NCAA, which spends $4 million annually on its entire testing program, historically has between one and two percent of the tests return with positive traces of banned substances.

The NCAA is set to test 13,500 student-athletes this year.

One of the major flaws in the program is that they don't test in the summer months, so kids could juice up all summer long stop in August and show up clean.

This June will be the first time the NCAA will extend its program to include the summer months.

If selected, the athlete will not be forced to return to campus. Instead, crew members will travel to the athlete's place of residence during the summer to conduct the testing.

An any sport at any level, there will always be those that go outside the rules to gain an advantage on the competition.

I think that the reason we don't see steroids being as prevalent in the NCAA is because they have very harsh penalties. After a first positive test, the athlete is suspended for one year from the date of collection. Following a second positive test, the athlete is banned from competition for life.