Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
If a student-athlete relies on advice from a health food store clerk, distributor at a local gym or anyone who is not with IU's athletics program and buys a nutritional supplement at the local health food store which he or she does not realize contains substances banned by the NCAA, will the student-athlete have a basis for overturning a positive drug-test penalty?
Answer:
No. As of this time, appeals based on the argument that the student-athlete was not aware that a product sold at a health store might contain NCAA-banned substances have not been successful in overturning a positive drug-test penalty.
Question:
If a student-athlete relies on advice from a health food store clerk, distributor at a local gym or anyone who is not with IU's athletics program and buys a nutritional supplement at the local health food store which he or she does not realize contains substances banned by the NCAA, will the student-athlete have a basis for overturning a positive drug-test penalty?
Answer:
No. As of this time, appeals based on the argument that the student-athlete was not aware that a product sold at a health store might contain NCAA-banned substances have not been successful in overturning a positive drug-test penalty.