steroid testing in HS

[Breakyoself]

Florida put in a plan to start doing this next year for weightlifting, baseball and football. What other states are testing, or do they have other plans to deal with it. I know NJ tests. Thanks in advance, and sorry if this has been discussed before.

 

[slappy4428]

texas just passed a bill; cant remember if it's everything or just football

 

[chazp]

Every state should have testing. I've seen quite a few players over the years, who seem to gain way too much muscle over an offseason from one year to the next that it makes you wonder if they didn't have a little boost.

 

[Tom Petty]

Every state should have testing. I've seen quite a few players over the years, who seem to gain way too much muscle over an offseason from one year to the next that it makes you wonder if they didn't have a little boost.

you look like a drug dealer. i think a cop and his dog should search your house every week.

 

[Starman]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

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[chazp]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

??? : ???

Have each school pay for it. They would turn around and add it to the activity fee they charge each athlete to play.

 

[chazp]

Every state should have testing. I've seen quite a few players over the years, who seem to gain way too much muscle over an offseason from one year to the next that it makes you wonder if they didn't have a little boost.

you look like a drug dealer. i think a cop and his dog should search your house every week.

I'm busted. I apologize for this, but you see I couldn't make a enough money as a sportswriter and several kids in our area need to get bigger so I...

 

[Tom Petty]

Every state should have testing. I've seen quite a few players over the years, who seem to gain way too much muscle over an offseason from one year to the next that it makes you wonder if they didn't have a little boost.

you look like a drug dealer. i think a cop and his dog should search your house every week.

I'm busted. I apologize for this, but you see I couldn't make a enough money as a sportswriter and several kids in our area need to get bigger so I...

i think you missed the point.

 

[Walter Burns]

In Ohio, it's up to each individual school. Most of the testing in our area is of drivers and participants in extra-curricular activities, and it's for recreational drugs and not performance enhancers (we were told that would be too expensive).

 

[Central-KY-Kid]

In Kentucky, it's up to each school.

 

[Clever username]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

??? : ???

Have each school pay for it. They would turn around and add it to the activity fee they charge each athlete to play.

What activity fee? The only sport I've ever heard of that costs anything just to play is hockey, because of ice time.

 

[Angola!]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

??? : ???

Have each school pay for it. They would turn around and add it to the activity fee they charge each athlete to play.

What activity fee? The only sport I've ever heard of that costs anything just to play is hockey, because of ice time.

My high school growing up had fees for ASB cards. The money was put toward athletics.
In Idaho, a lot of the small schools were going to "pay to play" where athletes had to pay $50 or more per sport they wanted to play. There were discounts for multiple sport athletes and multiple athletes in a family. The districts cited rising travel costs as the reason.

 

[Clever username]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

??? : ???

Have each school pay for it. They would turn around and add it to the activity fee they charge each athlete to play.

What activity fee? The only sport I've ever heard of that costs anything just to play is hockey, because of ice time.

My high school growing up had fees for ASB cards. The money was put toward athletics.
In Idaho, a lot of the small schools were going to "pay to play" where athletes had to pay $50 or more per sport they wanted to play. There were discounts for multiple sport athletes and multiple athletes in a family. The districts cited rising travel costs as the reason.

I see. I don't agree with the practice, but I see.

 

[Starman]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

??? : ???

Have each school pay for it. They would turn around and add it to the activity fee they charge each athlete to play.

Steroid testing costs $100+ per head, per test.

A lot of parents don't have $100 more just lying around they can throw away on a steroids test.

If I'm a parent, and they come at me with this bull****, I tell them:

"YOU pay for the test. If my kid tests positive, I'll reimburse you for it. Otherwise, go **** in your hat."

 

[pressboxer]

The different versions of the Texas bill had different ways of funding testing. The Senate version called for the state to put up the money. The Legislature's version called for a 50 cent surcharge on tickets for all high school sporting events. I never did here which method wound up in what was sent to the Governor.

Also, I believe the proposed program, which would be administered by the University Interscholastic League, was to test roughly one percent of all high school athletes.

 

[BillyT]

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What activity fee? The only sport I've ever heard of that costs anything just to play is hockey, because of ice time.
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Depends on where you are, I guess.

Here in the Northeast, it's a very common way to balance school budgets.

 

[BillyT]

Who's?
Going to Pay?
For It?

??? : ???

Have each school pay for it. They would turn around and add it to the activity fee they charge each athlete to play.

Steroid testing costs $100+ per head, per test.

A lot of parents don't have $100 more just lying around they can throw away on a steroids test.

If I'm a parent, and they come at me with this bull****, I tell them:

"YOU pay for the test. If my kid tests positive, I'll reimburse you for it. Otherwise, go **** in your hat."

And they tell you that playing sports is a privilege, not a right, and you have to pay for the privilege.

The court's gonna be behind them.

 

[User 1019]

Every state should have testing. I've seen quite a few players over the years, who seem to gain way too much muscle over an offseason from one year to the next that it makes you wonder if they didn't have a little boost.

you look like a drug dealer. i think a cop and his dog should search your house every week.

If it's mandatory testing for all athletes, then how is it unconstitutional?

 

[Tom Petty]

Every state should have testing. I've seen quite a few players over the years, who seem to gain way too much muscle over an offseason from one year to the next that it makes you wonder if they didn't have a little boost.

you look like a drug dealer. i think a cop and his dog should search your house every week.

If it's mandatory testing for all athletes, then how is it unconstitutional?

if it's mandatory searches of all houses, then how is it unconstitutional?

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Please see Earls v. Oklahoma.
The current Supreme Court, which wouldn't know a civil liberty from a houseplant, says they can test.