I heard that Texas is not going to test players for steroid use anymore. Has anyone else heard this? Is it true? If so, that's too bad. I think that there should be testing. What is your take?
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quote:Originally posted by thinking out loud:
I heard that Texas is not going to test players for steroid use anymore. Has anyone else heard this? Is it true? If so, that's too bad. I think that there should be testing. What is your take?
I recall an article that less than 1% came back positive, so they stopped.
I've heard the same...cost was over $6million a year if I recall exactally, but a small price to pay...jmho... 
If Big Mac used them just for healing purposes, what's the big deal?
quote:Originally posted by Good-eye:
I've heard the same...cost was over $6million a year if I recall exactally, but a small price to pay...jmho...
I agree. They should at least scale it way back to a minimum before they cancel it altogether. They don't have to tell anyone how infrequently they actually test.
The reason it costs so much was because ANY person who participated in extra curricular activities such as band, drill team, girls and boys basketball, softball, cheerleading, and tennis, were randomly tested in addition to baseball & football. Because the testing was so wide spread there were fewer varsity football, baseball, and wrestling athletes tested and therefore lower percentages caught. I think if you only tested varsity football, baseball, and wrestling you would see much more than 1% test failures. 
quote:Originally posted by HRKB:
The reason it costs so much was because ANY person who participated in extra curricular activities such as band, drill team, girls and boys basketball, softball, cheerleading, and tennis, were randomly tested in addition to baseball & football. Because the testing was so wide spread their were fewer football and baseball athletes tested and therefore lower percentages caught. I think if you only tested football, baseball, and wrestling you would see much more than 1% test failures.
100% Agree
Seems that when Atheletes were tested it was the
Incoming Freshman kids.
It would be interesting if only Varsity Starters
were tested.
Then I believe the 1% would be WAY higher.