Is 5 hour energy NCAA legal?

idont know

as long as you dont sell it at the tea party rallies, you should be fine

5 Hour Energy is a 2 oz. energy shot. My company produces a product that competes directly against 5 Hour, in the energy shot category, so 666 Energy Drink is very relevant to this discussion. Ours is a FOUR oz. energy shot. I was offering the OP an alternative product that was designed by a fellow runner who is concerned with illegal and dangerous substances.

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Dear Snake Oil Salesman,

I don't know how you're able to peddle your wares on this site. Just seems wrong to me.

This post is brought to you by the letters "F" and "U".

I just want to read about running. Sigh.

I head about a BYU runner who was found drinking 666 energy.... He was stoned to death by the rest of his team for cutting a deal with the devil.

According to my school they're not NCAA legal. Why not just take 200mg of pure caffeine?

have you ever tried 666 energy? it works and it tastes better than the others. plus i'd rather support a company started by a fellow runner than some asshole with dumb commercials.

Personally I am interested in Jason's performance-oriented nutritional supplements (if that's what they are) which help maintain my energy levels as a runner. Haters should f*** off, you add nothing to this subject.

No, the original poster was not Mayeroff. I'm not going to buy 666 energy or whatever it is because I would have to order it online and its much more convenient just to go down the block to Walmart and buy a pack of five hour energy. My original question still stands, is five hour energy NCAA legal?

I answered this already...no it is not NCAA legal.

Royer says only one athlete has tested positive for excess levels of caffeine over the prior two years, although the NCAA only tests for stimulants like caffeine during NCAA championships. The threshold set at 15 micrograms per milliliter of urine "is designed to eliminate individuals from testing positive for caffeine because of the 'normal' amounts consumed from average dietary intake," Royer says.

You'd have to take about 5-7 pills at 200mg to test positive as the levels stand now.

There's no "official" value for the caffeine content of 5 hour energy, but they advertise it about the same as a cup of coffee, which is 80-120 mg. So by your 5-7x200 mg estimate, you'd need to drink 10-14 5HE shots to test positive.

Check your logic.

Caffeine isn't the only banned/regulated substance within 5 hour energy. Taurine is in it, and thats definitely a NCAA banned substance.

The NCAA should really just come out and tell us if it's legal or not, seems like there is alot of grey area here. I did a search on five hour energy and it's legality in the NCAA and I'll I got was a bunch of fuzzy answers that don't specify either way.

If you aren't sure about it, don't use it...although I'm pretty sure it's not legal.

Huh didn't know taurine was on the banned list. Do you know what the limit is? It's already found naturally in our diets so just because it's an ingredient doesn't make 5HE a banned substance.

wanted fugitive wrote:

I'm a college athlete and I usually take one of those 5 hour energy shots if I had to stay up all night studying for a test or about 30 minutes before a race. I know the NCAA has some pretty weird rules on various substances(banning certain types of Vitamin waters) so I just want to make sure the Five Hour Energy Shots are alright by NCAA standards.

How about you stop screwing around so that you get your studying done in advance and don't need to CRAM all night?

Really good question. I bet that if it is banned it would the most used banned substance around by NCAA athletes. Here is a link to the NCAA banned list and the ingredients of 5 hour energy.

http://www.5hourenergy.com/ingredients.asp

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/domi/genrel/auto_pdf/ncaa-banned-substance-list.pdf

As far as I read the only ingredient that is on the banned list is caffeine which is banned after 15 micrograms/ml. It says that 5 hour energy has as much caffeine as 12oz of coffee. Not sure if thats enough to push you over the limit. I guess the safest answer is just not to take it. Every year lots of athletes get busted for something over the counter supplements or medication. Does any body know if the ingredients in 5 hour are the same as one of the banned list but called by a different name?

My mistake taurine is impermissible, the school cannot provide you a beverage containing it.

As an elite scientist I can only contribute one comment to this thread:

Don't drink Mello Yello. It has yellow-5 and yellow-5 gives you an erection, shrinks your balls, and makes you infertile.

Thanks for posting that list - all I could find on the NCAA website was a bunch of nonsense about vitamin water and that partial list with the disclaimer "There is no complete list of banned drug examples!!". Thank you NCAA for making your policies so accessible. No wonder we're all so confused.