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[QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 1180474, member: 96"]
I think what people miss is that while a school doesn't have to have an internal drug testing program, that if you do, you have to follow it and student athletes are subject to penalties. If you don't follow your policy, the team is subject to NCAA penalties or sanctions.

Most schools have their own policy because it's like doing practice tests for the real test. If a player tests positive during the year by the NCAA or even worse, during the post season, the penalties are worse.

BTW, the NCAA during the year typically tests for performance enhancing type drugs and not something like pot. They do test for that during the NCAA's or a bowl game (randomly selected players, not all). So your internal policy needs to do test for that to make the point sooner than later. But when the school tests for pot and other street drugs, there has to be penalties in place for the athlete and they must be adhered to otherwise the NCAA can punish the school.

I assume we may not have followed our own policies, probably the punishment part, at some point over the past 10 years. I know what timeframe I would guess.
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