REPORT OF THE
NCAA COMMITTEE ON COMPETITIVE SAFEGUARDS AND
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS (CSMAS)
1. ACTION
ITEMS.
Association-wide.
a. 2004-05 drug-testing
results.
(1) Recommendation. Approve for publication the results of
the NCAA drug-testing program for the period from 2004-05, effective
immediately.
(2) Rationale. The NCAA publishes an aggregate report
of its drug-testing results to provide the membership and the public an
opportunity to examine this aspect of NCAA drug testing. Individual and institutional
results are kept confidential, in accordance with the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act. The latest drug-testing results, along with a description of
trends over the years, are attached.
(3) Budget
impact. None.
b. University of California,
Los Angeles, laboratory training.
(1) Recommendation. Attend training at the UCLA Sports
Analytical Laboratory in the spring 2007.
(2) Rationale.
CSMAS provides oversight for the NCAA drug-testing program. This training will
educate new members and update the committee regarding the procedures
undertaken by the laboratory to assure accountability for the NCAA drug-testing
program and to explore current and upcoming drug-testing issues. This request
is made every few years to provide new members the confidence they need to rule
in the 25-30 annual drug-testing appeal calls, which may result in the loss of
student-athlete eligibility, and to maintain a consistent level of
understanding of the NCAA drug-testing policies and protocol. Since the last
training and prior to spring 2007, the committee will have been joined by 14
new committee members (not including the three student-athlete advisory
committee representatives).
(3) Budget
impact. $20,000.
c. Coaches sports safety
training.
(1) Recommendation. Mandate all coaches conducting practice,
competition, skill instruction, and strength and conditioning sessions to be
certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to have reviewed
emergency plan activation policies, effective August 2007.
(2) Rationale. Survey of the NCAA death claims since
1992 reports 60 percent of all nonvehicle related deaths have been due to heart-related
conditions and 83 percent of all deaths occurred during practice or conditioning. With the number of individual skill
sessions, workouts, and the logistics of practices, the committee believes the
only way to ensure effective emergency care is to require all coaches to
participate. The goal of this initiative is to ensure there is always someone
certified in these skills to care for all participating student-athletes.
The proposed legislation applies to all coaches, and the training should be consistent
with certification from a nationally recognized organization in first aid, CPR
and automatic external defibrillation. The committee has reviewed this recommendation
in consultation with NCAA general counsel. The CSMAS would like to highlight
the following points:
(a) The
American Heart Association notes that CPR is more effective if multiple certified
personnel are present during an incident.
Ambulances and paramedics can have variable response times. Conducting CPR is very rigorous and can
cause significant fatigue with just one rescuer.
(b) The
NCAA enforcement policy and standard for this legislation would be similar to
the strength and conditioning coaches mandate as noted in NCAA Bylaw
17.11.6.1.1.
(c) Multiple
certifying agencies offer first aid and CPR training across the country (e.g.,
American Red Cross; American Heart Association; National Safety Council;
American CPR Training; National Center for Sports Safety; state and local health
organizations; hospitals; fire departments; university medical schools). Notably,
institutional staff members can become instructor certified and certify staff
at a reduced cost.
The committee recommended conferences implement the process and institutions police themselves by self-reporting violations. Further, the committee suggests that institutional compliance officers keep copies of
emergency care plans for facilities and a list of personnel
that have completed each of the requirements.
(3) Budget
impact. None.
(4) Cost
implications for institutions.
$0 to $30 per coach.
Institutions can elect from a range of alternatives from outsourcing the
training to training their own staff as instructors. It should be noted that
this is not an annual cost. First aid certification is often good for three
years, while CPR certification can have a one- or two-year length.
d. Bylaw
31.2.3.5. (Medical Exceptions).
(1) Recommendation. That the banned drug class (b) Anabolic Agents be added to the
list of classes for which a medical exception may be requested, through noncontroversial legislative change, effective August 2006.
(2) Rationale. The NCAA allows for the use of banned
medications that are required to maintain the health of the student-athlete and
that support the student-athlete’s academic success. The NCAA currently provides for the use
of medications under the banned drug classes of stimulants, diuretics, peptide
hormones and substances banned for specific sports. In the past, anabolic
agents were precluded because of the strong prohibition for the use of these
substances as performance enhancers.
An exception for the use of medications
requires the student-athlete to provide advance documentation of the medical
need for the medication to the athletics department. In the event of a positive
drug test,
(3) Budget
Impact. $0.00
(4) Impact on
e. Committee chair.
(1) Recommendation. Approve Jerry Koloskie, senior associate
director of athletics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as CSMAS chair,
effective September 1, 2006.
(2) Rationale. As an athletic trainer and an athletics
administrator, Mr. Koloskie possesses the background and qualifications to
chair this committee, which holds the responsibility to provide expertise and
leadership to the Association on matters of student-athlete health and safety.
(3) Budget
impact. None.
Division III only.
f. Division III year-round
drug-testing pilot.
(1) Recommendation. Institute a two-year year-round drug-testing pilot in Division III, effective August 2006.
(2) Rationale. Drug testing programs provide health and
safety benefits to student-athletes.
Currently, the NCAA tests year round in Divisions I and II but not in
Division III. The 2005 Substance Use Study demonstrates that reported Division
III student-athlete performance-enhancing drug use is commensurate and slightly
higher than Divisions I and II student-athlete use. National government
scrutiny regarding sports performance-enhancing drug use highlights this gap in
the NCAA drug-testing program, with a major segment of the NCAA student-athlete
population not subject to random year-round drug testing. The NCAA effort to deter sports performance
drug use will be enhanced by adding year-round testing of
Division III student-athletes. A two-year pilot program will be conducted with no penalties. Data from this pilot will inform next steps. The 2005 Drug-Education and Testing Survey demonstrates 55 per cent support among administrators in Division III institutions to test Division III student-athletes in the year-round testing program. The Division III SAAC has reported to CSMAS that it supports a Division III pilot program and expressed a strong desire to see more drug testing in championships, especially during preliminary rounds.
If
approved, a memorandum will be sent to Division III institutions, under cover
of the Division III governance, with information about the program provided by the
NCAA’s third-party drug-testing administrator, the
(3) Budget
impact. $400,000.
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS.
Association-wide.
Ÿ Year-Round
drug testing in summer months.
Pending budget approval, the
committee directed National Center for Drug Free Sport to include summer drug
testing in the year-round program. The committee felt that this identified gap
in year-round drug testing may enable the use of performance-enhancing
substances during the summer months without the potential for detection. Bylaws
18.4.1.5.2 and 21.2.2.2 provide authority for this action, and the student-athlete
statement provides notice to and consent by student-athletes in the signing of
the statement/consent form, in that it shall be in effect from the date the
document is signed and shall remain in effect through August 31 of the
following year. Additional notice will be provided through communications with
the membership in an NCAA article in March, and through a memo in April to
enable institutional compliance, with instructions from the National Center for
Drug Free Sport on the steps the institution will need to take to identify a
summer drug-testing site coordinator and to follow up for student-athlete
random selection. The first year of
summer drug testing will focus primarily on Division I football and baseball. Programs to be tested will be randomly
selected from the entire pool of Division I institutions, with site coordinators
notifying randomly-selected student-athletes, and advising Drug Free Sport
about arranging collections. The current drug-testing protocol will be
followed, with strict chain-of-custody, confidentiality, penalty and appeal
processes maintained.
Committee Chair: Michael
Krauss, Purdue University, Big Ten Conference
Staff Liaisons: David
Klossner,
Mary
E. Wilfert,