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Kelly Wolfe
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 9:53 am: |       |
At the division II collegiate level, athletes are told they will be drug tested. As a junior, I have yet to be tested. Why do these schools say they are going to test and then don't? |
jodie smith (Jodie)
Junior Member
Username: Jodie
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 10:19 pm: | |
good question? I have exhausted all 4 yrs. of my NCAA eligibility and was never tested. But, I was tested in highschool, once in four years. |
Erica Schabert (Myrikki)
New member
Username: Myrikki
Post Number: 1
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 6:10 pm: | |
It is completely random. My roommate got the 3 am phone call 3 weeks before the swimming season started. I never received the call. |
Timothy McLellan (Karlmcl)
New member
Username: Karlmcl
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 11:36 am: | |
Most coaches and trainers will tell you that there is going to be a chance of you getting tested in hopes that you will not use those banned substances. What would happen if you took the chance and got caught? It's better to be warned and substance free then to get tested positive midway through the season. |
brian alexander edwin morrison (Brianmorrison4)
New member
Username: Brianmorrison4
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:03 am: | |
At a level where your school isnt at the top ranks, there is a low level of being drug tested, but a D1 basketball team who are ensured to produce results for the school is sure to get drug tested. Having worked as a doping marshall at the world championship level, i got to see first hand how these things work, and most often they would only choose the top 3 finishers. This is after they have been warned by their doctors and trainers that if they get one of those positions that they will be drug tested. So most often times, the athlete who is expected to winb by reputation and does, gets tested. |
shane alexander dupuis (Shanebball12)
New member
Username: Shanebball12
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:59 pm: | |
I totally agree with this method because it turns athletes away from using any banned substances. Atleast as an athlete you have a slight idea that there is a possibility of a drug test. Athletes cannot disagree with this at all because there is no wrong in it. |
rich michalek (Richycc12)
Junior Member
Username: Richycc12
Post Number: 3
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 10:56 am: | |
It is expensive to drug test at the Division II and III level but at least athletes no that there is a chance they can get caught.
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Ben James Whitten (Bjw5711)
New member
Username: Bjw5711
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007 - 7:54 am: | |
It is more or less to scare the athlete. They know there is that chance they could get called on to be tested. It is up to the athlete if they want to take the risk of getting caught. |
Chris Gilman (Pecoach)
New member
Username: Pecoach
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 6:24 am: | |
Being that the tests are random and can happen at any time throughout the season, It is only fair that everyone is prewarned about the possible tests that can occur. I think its a good way to hold athletes accountable for their actions. |
Paul Schwab (Pss5733)
Junior Member
Username: Pss5733
Post Number: 5
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 - 10:16 am: | |
When I went to school at WVU I was tested as a freshman and it was totally random but you were warned ahead of time. Since my time at Slippery Rock I have not heard of one case of people getting tested other than at the national level. They tell you that you will be tested because it is a possibility and I am pretty sure by law they have to tell you. It is an expensive test and it is a way to make athletes watch what they are putting into their bodies to make sure that is legal. |
Julie Holt (Jah2280)
Junior Member
Username: Jah2280
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 8:57 am: | |
I'm a sophomore at Slippery Rock, and my freshman year I went through drug testing, but after I was accused of using drugs. I did hear of girls from the field hockey team here at Slippery Rock getting randomly tested their freshman year as well. |
