USADA should cover NCAA

You make some valid points. The NCAA is in the same position that the USATF WAS in. They were in the position of promoting the sport and policing the sport. It didn't work. Now the USATF only has the job to promote.

What would hapen if the NCAA tested for pot?

Worse off, the NCAA does not even recognize the testing of WADA/USADA for their athletes. You can get banned for life from the Olympics and still be NCAA Champion.

Just another instance of their heads intentionally being buried in the sand.

They only test during preseason (not all sports) and at Championships (I think only top 3 in T&F), yet they put out releases about the wide spread testing and successful program they run.

What a F'n joke!

Maybe the college kids who mouth off about Jacobs should look in the mirror.Why aren't they raising a stink about racing against athletes that are dirty. How do we know that Jorge is clean? How do we know that the sprinter are not on 'roids? We know that the football players don't grow that fast that big just by eating steak for breakfast.

mjr wrote:

Worse off, the NCAA does not even recognize the testing of WADA/USADA for their athletes. You can get banned for life from the Olympics and still be NCAA Champion.

Just another instance of their heads intentionally being buried in the sand.

They only test during preseason (not all sports) and at Championships (I think only top 3 in T&F), yet they put out releases about the wide spread testing and successful program they run.

What a F'n joke!

Here's another dirty little secret. Not all the samples taken at the championships get tested. After all the samples are taken, they are then put into a random pool, and then are selected for testing. Why you ask??? Simple, it cuts cost! Don't believe me? Call the NCAA. It IS their policy. It gives the image of being an association that cares about testing, all the while saving on having to pay for the testing of top three in each event, plus two random in the final.

One last thing, at the national meet in New Orleans in 93' there was NO TESTING AT ALL!!!! Furthermore, this was anounced BEFORE THE MEET!!!! At least they could have given the impression of testing! That is how the governing body of college athletics does things.

I know, like, and respect a track fan who likes to watch the NCAA athletes because he thinks that many of the "pro" athletes are dirty. Now, he will need to move down to the high school athletes because every arguement that was used against USATF should be applied to the NCAA. There is no reason to think that the elite athletes picked up any tricks when they graduated for college, if in fact they have ANY tricks. Chances are it was easier to be dirty in college than as an elite.

Now I understand how some schools are able to take walk ons and make them All-Americans. When they leave school they run for Fila, known for their involvement with drugs. From now on, every time I see rapid improvement at the college level, I'll scream DRUGS. Every time a runner chooses an NCAA event as opposed to an event that is tested by USADA, I'll scream DRUGS.

I'll write a book "Buffaloed by Drugs".

Much has been said about USATF and drug testing. Criticism has been leveled at Regina and others for avoiding competition where there is testing. Even though both notions are unfounded, no one talks about drug testing in the NCAA. USADA does not test NCAA athelic events. When was the last time you heard of a college athlete getting busted. Do you really think that the college athletes don't use drugs? There is "random testing", but why? No one gets caught.

I know an indoor mile all american that got pumped up on an ephedrine breather. I know a CC all american woman who was on EPO.

Many football programs hire private labs to run drug tests on a weekly basis. Smart move on the part of the coaches, but do you think that they run the tests for steroids?

USADA should be used to test NCAA events!

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No kidding! Get off my back!