Record story on drug testing at UA

[Dane Pound]

Troy Record yesterday had a story about testing for steroids at UA. Not that there's any problems, more about the policies in place.

Record story on drug testing.

[GreatDanes06]

good, shows how this is a clean athletic department, and wont do stupied crap like Fresno St., Georgia, UNLV and other stupied things schools do.

[Dane96]

wow...cant believe they did that story now. We got tested even when I was there during DIII (here and there kids were tested). Random testing is not unconstitutional in school setting...there is a legitimate interest in keeping the playing field level. Unusual is that this is considered newsworthy.

Edited June 15, 2004 by Dane96

[reeder]

"I didn't think it was that big of a thing," said the 6-foot-4, 290-pound Swicicki, a native of Levittown, and now an assistant coach at Hudson Valley Community College. "The NCAA usually conducted testing at the end of the fall and the middle of the spring. Nobody failed because it was very important not to."

 

I think they may have taken his quote out of context. Let's hope the reason that no one failed had nothing to do with the testing being in the off season or because it was important not to - I hope they didn't fail because they weren't using.

[UAalum72]

This isn't "news", it's more like a feature, one of four stories in the Record re: Texas and Florida beginning to test high school students for 'roids, and NY not following suit. http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?br...0&nr=1&nostat=1