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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 214811, member: 1423"]
First of all, as this link confirms, the NCAA drug tests players during the tournament (since 1986) and that it has a manual for year-round testing. Here's a link: [URL='http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Student-Athlete+Experience/A+complete+guide+to+drug+testing']http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Student-Athlete Experience/A complete guide to drug testing[/URL]
 
I havn't read the manual, but have never heard that drug testing is specifically controlled by NCAA rule (as they do for recruiting). Nonetheless, SU does have a policy in place (as the article notes). But what the article glosses over is that the policy has plenty of lattitude in its 3 Phases (clearances by drug counselors, waivers for multiple offenders from the AD, etc...).
 
Remember, SU has to self-administer this. That means, the University has to determine if a player [I]might have[/I] violated the guidelines -- even though sometimes it's hard to decide if a violation actually occurred. There could have been a gap in the test reporting (for example, a player's positive test comes back while the team is playing on the road). If that player was in phase 2, a violation could have occurred without clearance by a counselor.
 
Or, maybe the counselor gave a clearance on a phase 2 player, a follow-up test was administered that came up positive, but it wasn't reported to the coach or player. Did that mean that the player was ineligible if he played in any games without knowing..? (possible violation).
 
It's really hard to tell without exact details. I doubt SU takes chances, but we're (once again) going back 10 years under Jake ... who knows.
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