REPORT OF THE
NCAA COMMITTEE ON COMPETITIVE SAFEGUARDS AND
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS
1. ACTION
ITEMS.
Association-wide.
a. Extension of committee service.
(1) Recommendation. Sponsor legislation that would allow for an exception to extend by one year the service of the chair of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspect of Sports (CSMAS) if an individual assumes the position as chair with only one year left of the four year term of service.
(2) Rationale. Service on CSMAS is a true learning experience. Though there is a mechanism for a rising chair, that person generally is not identified until the completion of two years of service. After the rising year (third year of service), the new chair then has only one year of the four years of committee service to act as chair. The complexities and impact of the issues before this committee, and the need for consistent, learned leadership, require a chair who has had the opportunity to “learn” the position and to provide a continuity of service. This option would be enacted only when circumstances warrant the extension, i.e., the chair enters in the fourth year of committee service.
(3) Budget Impact. None.
b. 2003-04 drug-testing results.
(1) Recommendation. Approve publication of the 2003-04 NCAA drug-testing results, effective immediately.
(2) Rationale. CSMAS receives and reviews an annual
report from the
CSMAS provided a five-year report presenting the numbers of positive tests by substance to the management councils and the Executive Committee following its June 2002 meeting. This comparative report noted that positive tests in championships for stimulants was high in 1997, the first year ephedrine was added to championship testing. The report also noted that positive tests from championship testing for street drug use (tested only during championship testing) has fluctuated, likely because of the rotation of testing men’s basketball in the first round in 2000 (seven marijuana positives) and in the regionals in 2001 (no marijuana positives.) Steroid positives had remained fairly constant.
The tables below demonstrate the numbers of NCAA drug tests conducted during the postseason (championship testing), and year-round testing, including the latest numbers available, 2003-04. Positive tests for steroids decreased dramatically in this latest year’s report. Stimulant positives have been on the rise, and street drug positives have remained somewhat constant. The efforts of the NCAA in conjunction with notice of pending federal restrictions of over-the-counter products containing steroid precursors may account for the drop in steroid use. Stimulant use has been implicated in weight loss products, which may be reflected in the increasing positives for these banned substances.
POSTSEASON TEST RESULTS:
|
|
1996 97 |
1997 98 |
1998 99 |
1999 00 |
2000 01 |
2001 02 |
2002 03 |
2003 04 |
|
Total No. of Tests |
2220 |
1927 |
1128 |
1488 |
1474 |
1657 |
1513 |
1561 |
|
Stimulants |
1 |
15 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
|
Steroids |
8 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
- |
|
Beta blockers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diuretics or Manipulators |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Street Drugs |
11 |
18 |
5 |
20 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
|
Protocol issues |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
YEAR-ROUND TEST RESULTS:
|
|
96 97 |
97 98 |
98 99 |
99 00 |
2000 01 |
2001 02 |
2002 03 |
2003-04 |
|
Total No. of Tests |
9361 |
8635 |
9078 |
9206 |
9206 |
9042 |
9256 |
8980 |
|
Steroids |
74 |
68 |
90 |
92 |
93 |
71 |
80 |
46 |
|
Diuretics or Manipulators |
4 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Protocol issues |
27 |
11 |
25 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
- |
- |
3) Budget Impact. None.
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS.
Association-wide.
a. THG (Tetrahydrogestrinone) and EPO (Erythropoietin). THG and EPO are two performance-enhancing substances that have tested positive in drug tests of elite Olympic and professional athletes through the efforts of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The NCAA has tested for these substances in selected championships this past year. To date, no positive test results have been identified for these substances.
b.Joint NCAA and WADA education. The National Center for Drug Free Sport will assist NCAA staff in developing educational materials to identify the differences between the two organizations’ lists of banned substances in order to assist NCAA student-athletes who also may compete in the international arena governed by WADA.
c. Pole vault safety video. The committee collaborated with the
Big Ten Conference and
d.Mental health education. CSMAS has identified mental health education as an important service to the membership. The Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) asked that resources be made available to raise awareness of these issues among athletics staff on early detection of mental distress and how to make appropriate referrals. CSMAS will continue to explore the issue, which was addressed at the 2004 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention and at the 2005 NCAA Convention. In addition to interest expressed from the Division II SAAC, a representative from the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators offered that this topic would be of interest to that organization.
Committee
Chair: Mathew Mitten,
Staff
Liaisons: David Klossner,
Mary Wilfert, Education Services