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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:05:21 PM
A Catholic High School in my city ( Creighton Prep ) announced a few days ago that this coming fall they are going to start to randomly test its athletes for performance-enhancing drugs.
The all-boys school, has a tradition of athletic power , will be the first in Nebraska to adopt a drug-testing policy of its kind.
Before participating in a sport, Prep students and their parents must sign a form consenting to year-round random testing. Students who don't consent won't be eligible. Students who fail a test must sit out one year.
Creighton Prep hopes the policy acts as a deterrent to steroid use and serves as a teaching tool about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs, said Athletic Director Dan Schinzel.
"There are two reasons that schools hesitate to do this," Schinzel said. "No. 1, the cost, which we have found not to be an inhibiting factor. . . .
"The second reason is they think there's a cloud of suspicion that will come over their school. I don't think that's true at all. We don't think we have a problem. We're being proactive. We see this as an educational tool."
Other schools in Nebraska have tested athletes for illegal drugs, but Prep is the first to test for performance-enhancing drugs.
Good for Prep. I wonder what our friends at the ACLU think? I myself think all athletes should be tested and that all students should be tested for all kinds of drugs, again I am sure the ACLU would be upset. Read more on what this high school is going to do drug testing for athletes.
