Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association July 5,1989, Volume 26 Number 26 Committee proposes year-round testing for steroids Year-round NCAA drug testing subcommittee ata June 15-16 meet- athletics representative at the Uni- The committee agreed that the tion’s campus for all banned sub- and a ban on smokeless tobacco at ing of the full committee in South versity of Tennessee, Knoxville. NCAA’s current voluntary off-sea- stances. all NCAA championships have been Lake Tahoe, California. The Exec- “As individuals become more so- son testing program would need to “The committee continues to sup- proposed by the Association’s Com- utive Committee will review the phisticated in methods to avoid be eliminated if year-round testing port the concept of team sanctions,” mittee on Competitive Safeguards committee’s recommendations at its detection, telling them a year in was instituted. Mclnnis said. “One or more indi- and Medical Aspects of Sports. August meeting. advance that they’re going to be The committee further expressed viduals taking performance+nhanc- The committee has proposed that “The committee felt that the abuse tested before a bowl game is not a its concern over the use of anabolic ing drugs may have given that team the Association’s drug-testing pro- of steroids is a serious problem, but deterrent at all,” McInnis said. “But steroids, diuretics and urine manip- the unfair advantage that brought it gram be expanded to include year- ulators by supporting the notion of to the championship in the first levying team sanctions when a stu- place. But the committee feels that round, short-notice testing for ana- 66 bolic/ androgenic steroids and drugs . mif they know that they can be tested at dent-athlete has been shown to have institutions making good-faith ef- associated with steroid use. any time of year-particularly during used these substances or procedures. forts to control this cheating should Under the recommendation, test- For all other positive drug tests, the be able to avoid team sanctions.” ing for steroids, diuretics and urine training- that can be a very effective committee supports the strengthen- Rubbing out snuff manipulators could occur at times deterrent? ing of individual sanctions. The committee also took action other than postseason champion- The committee recommended to combat the increasing use of ships. The current program stipu- Malcolm C. Mclnnis Jr. that an NCAA member institution smokeless tobacco. The committee lates that loss of eligibility can result Committee on Competitive Safeguards could avoid such team sanctions by recommended that the Executive from positive tests taken only in and Medical Aspects of Sports operating a year-round, short-notice Committee ban the use of tobacco conjunction with NCAA champion- testing program with significant products including smokeless to- ships or certified football bowl one that we have a possibility of if they know that they can be tested sanctions for positive tests or, if an bacco - on the field of play at all games. success in combating,“said subcom- at any time of year~particularly institutional program is not feasible, NCAA championships. The ban The proposal was developed by mittee chair Malcolm C. Mclnnis during training-that can be a very by agreeing to have the NCAA would apply to student-athletes, the drug-testing and drug-education Jr., professor of law and faculty effective deterrent.” conduct such testing on that institu- See Committee, page 8 Commission seeks slate of candidates Chief executive officers of all NCAA member institutions are be- ing invited to nominate presidents and chancellors to fill vacancies that will occur on the NCAA Pres- idents Commission in January 1990. Commission Chair Martin A. Massengale has appointed a Presi- dential Nominating Committee to develop a slate of candidates for those vacancies. That nominating committee will be chaired by Ber- nard F. Sligcr, president of Florida State IJniversity. The deadline for receipt of nom- inations from CEOs is September Dick Fleming, fee pn&lent and CEO of ti Greater Denver Chamber of Commenx, informs Vefma 18, 1989. Nominations should be Reynolds of Dodge Cf& Kansas, by telephone that hers was the fimt name sefected in the lottery for sent to Presidential Nominating 1940 Final Four tickets- Listening in is Roger Kinney, general chair of the Denver Organizing Committee, NCAA, P.O. Box 1906, Committee for the Final FOUL Mission, Kansas 66201. The Presidential Nommating Bernard f: Sliger Committee will consider all properly Final Four applications third highest submitted nominations when 11 chancellors automatically will be ‘lbe third highest number of ap- of Kansas City, Missouri, used an could be selected. Applicants could meets in conjunction with the Com- included on the ballot for the ap- plications in Final Four history was IBM System 36 computer to select request only one or two tickets. mission’s October meeting in Kansas propriate position. The nominating received for tickets to the 1990 the ticket recipients. Applicants Refund checks and game tickets City, Missouri. committee is authorized to develop Final Four in Denver. could apply as many times as they were mailed between June 23 and Any CEO receiving nominations the full slate of candidates for all A total of 92,946 applications wanted, but only one application 28 by first-class mail. from at lcast 10 presidents and See Commission, page 8 requesting 184,695 tickets were re- ceived. The largest number of appli- cations received was 140,000 for the 1985 Final Four in Lexington, Ken- Members to be surveyed on drug-test sanctions tucky. NCAA conference commissioners issue by the 1990 Convention is and postseason football bowl com- Colorado submitted 26 percent and a selected number of athletics necessary,” Bozik said. petition has not used inapprop- (23,989) of all applications, and 27 directors are being asked to provide In a letter accompanying the sur- riately any 01 the banned substances. percent of the applications from recommendations on sanctions for vey, Bozik writes, “The objective of “It is this issue that lies at the Colorado were selected. The second the NCAA Drug-Testing Program. the subcommittee and the Executive heart of the controversy. There are highest number of applications came A survey has been sent to those Committee is to present for a deci- divergent and strongly held views from California, followed by Illinois, athletics administrators by the Ex- sion at the Convention appropriate on this question, and the Executive Texas and New York. ecutive Committee’s Subcommittee legislation (after submission of a Committee has the responsibility Applications from approximately to Review Drug-Testing Ineligibility proposal to the NCAA Council) to for proposing alternatives designed 280 cities and towns were rcpres- Sanctions. show that a rational decision can be to address the problem in such a ented in the applicant pool. A total The subcommittee is seeking rcac- made” regarding sanctions. way that the membership at large of 6.3 I9 applications were received tions to a series of five alternatives Bozik said the NCAA has placed can voice its choice at the 1990 from the host city of Denver, and by which sanctions, if any, should drug use in athletics competrtion in Convention,” Bozik wrote. 103 were selected to receive tickets. be levied when a student-athlete the same category as violations of The altcrnativcs are as follows: Applications wcrc received from tests positive as a result of a drug rules governing amateurism and A- Make permanent the current 141 cities in Canada and three in test administered as part of the academic eligibility. status quo. That is, no team sanc- Japan. Applications also came from NCAA Drug-Testing Program. “In doing so, we place the onus tions would bc exercised for team London; Nice, France, and Pago “We are seeking as broad an squarely on the individual institu sports. Individuals would be subject Pago. input as possible,” said Edward E. tion, and to a lesser degree on the to a 90-day suspenstion, and in Selection was based on a random- Bozik, Executive Committee individual student-athlete, for en- mdivrdual-team championships number generated computer pro- member and chair of the subcorn- suring that the student-athlete who (e.g., track, swimming), the individ- gram. Data Systems International Edward E. Bozik mittee. “We feel that action on this performs in NCAA championships see hkmtxvx page 8 2 THE NCAA NEWSlJuly 5,199s Recruiting Committee proposes permanent 30-95 grant limits Recent actions taken by the member institution or by a member their official paid visits to member limits reflected support of a proposal vision I football recruiting (Divisions NCAA Recruiting Committee could institution’s coach. institutions, take a standardized test forwarded to the committee by the I-A and I-AA) concerns limitations lead to proposed changes in NCAA l Prohibit coaches from working (SAT or ACT) and have the test American Football Coaches Asso- on contacts during evaluation peri- legislation affecting summer camps at private camps (e.g., the Nike and results verified in writing by the ciation board of trustees. ods. Five-Star summer basketball camps). prospect’s high schools. Current legislation states that and recruiting in Division 1 football, That group also proposed, and Committee members supported men’s basketball and women’s bas- Coaches, however, still would be the Recruiting Committee sup- recruiters may contact prospects the contention that such legislation ketball, and a proposal to restore permitted to observe prospective ported, a legislative change to pro- once a week during an official con- student-athletes attending those would positively reinforce the con- tact period, with a maximum of permanently the 30-95 grant-in-aid hibit recruiters in Division I camps during normal evaluation cept of adequate precollege prepa- three contacts.