Proposed Expansion of NCAA Year-Round Testing

The NCAA year-round drug-testing plan currently is operated according to the following parameters:

• 9,000 ?short-menu? samples collected annually.
• All NCAA Division I football schools tested at least once annually.
• All NCAA Division II football schools tested at least once annually.
• NCAA Division I men?s and women?s track programs tested when testing crews are testing football squads. Random testing of NCAA Division I-AAA schools that sponsor track but not football.
• ?Short menu? is defined as anabolic agents, diuretics and urine manipulators. Ephedrine testing added to short menu tests 8/1/2002.
• I Football ? 18 student-athletes tested from average squad size of 105.1 (17 percent of squad tested)
• II Football ? 14 student-athletes tested from average squad size of 88.4 (15.8 percent of squad tested)
• I Track and Field ? 4 men from average squad size of 35.5 ?35.9 (11 percent of squad tested) and 4 women from average squad size of 32.3 ? 32.6 (12 percent of squad tested)

The year-round program since its inception in 1990 has been focused on drug deterrence for high-risk sports for steroid use. Due to a number of factors, including the addition of ephedrine testing in August 2002, the question of whether additional NCAA sports should be added to the year-round program has been raised. The following tables summarize steroid and ephedrine use statistics from the 2001 national drug use study.

Women?s Sports

SPORT	CURRENT NO. OF TESTS	AVG SQUAD SIZE DI	REPORTED STEROID USE	REPORTED EPHEDRINE USE
Basketball		14.8	0.7	5.6
Bowling		8.6
CrossCountry		15.3
Equestrian		47.1
Fencing		15.7	0.0	7.1
Field Hockey		22.2	0.0	6.2
Golf		8.8	0.5	7.0
Gymnastics		16.1	0.0	8.3
Ice Hockey		23.8	0.8	11.8
Lacrosse		26.0	1.6	1.8
Rifle		6.8
Rowing		54.7
Skiing		14.6	0.0	0.0
Soccer		25.2	0.5	6.7
Softball		19.2	0.8	2.5
Swimming		25.6	1.3	3.4
Tennis		9.4	0.0	2.6
Track	4	32.3 ? 32.6	0.6	1.8
Volleyball		13.8	0.1	5.4
Water Polo		23.2

Men?s Sports

SPORT	CURRENT NO. OF TESTS	AVG SQUAD SIZE DI	REPORTED STEROID USE	REPORTED EPHEDRINE USE
Baseball		33.3	2.3	3.3
Basketball		15.4	1.4	3.0
CrossCountry		14.2
Fencing		17.6	1.8	2.9
Football	14-18	105.1	3	3.4
Golf		10.8	1.4	4.3
Gymnastics		15.5	1.1	0
Ice Hockey		28.5	1.5	3.4
Lacrosse		41.9	2.2	5.5
Rifle		10.3	4.2	0
Rowing		42.3	0.6	1.9
Skiing		15	0.6	1.9
Soccer		27	0.9	3.0
Swimming		24.3	0.2	4.1
Tennis		10	0.6	3.8
Track	4	35.5-35.9	1.2	2.8
Volleyball		17.8
Water Polo		23.2	5.0	3.9
Wrestling		30.6	1.6	4.3

Data from the 2002-2003 year-round testing program.

• 241 Division I (I-A and I-AA) football institutions were tested; 8 percent were tested twice.
• 149 Division II football institutions were tested; 8 percent were tested twice.
• 20 out of 59 Division I track-only institutions were tested (34 percent).

Expansion cost considerations for Division I.

• There are 318 Division I members. The NCAA visited 261 (82 percent) of these campuses in 2002-2003 for drug testing.
• The current 26-person collection (18 football, 8 track and field) is the maximum number of people that can be collected using a crew of 3.
• Costs for adding 1-8 additional collections beyond the 26 per site would include crew costs for one additional crewmember, lab costs and overhead.
• The most economical way to increase sports participation in Division I year-round testing would be to maintain the football testing and use the 8 remaining tests to test one additional sport (which would include track) chosen based on a formula developed by the NCAA (e.g., pool of high risk sports for steroid and ephedrine use).
• Funds for drug testing for the I-AAAs would need to be increased.

New funds:

57 additional schools x 1.08 (8 percent repeat) x 8 athletes x $250 = $123,120

Expansion cost considerations for Division II.

• There are 260 Division II members. The NCAA visited 149 (57 percent) of these campuses in 2002-2003 for drug testing.
• The current 14-person collection could be expanded up to 26 persons without adding additional collectors.
• Costs for adding 1-12 additional tests beyond the 14 per site would include lab costs and overhead only.
• The most economical way to increase sports participation in Division II year-round testing would be to maintain the football testing and use the 4 remaining tests once allocated to the II baseball pilot to test one additional sport (which would include baseball) chosen based on a formula developed by the NCAA (e.g., pool of high risk sports for steroids and ephedrine).
• There are 111 DII schools that are not being tested now because they do not sponsor football. Funds for drug testing for these schools would need to be increased.

New funds:

149 schools x 1.08 (8 percent repeat) x 4 athletes x $150 = $96,552 AND

111 additional schools x 1.08 (8 percent repeat) x 4 athletes x $300 = $143,856