The NCAA has announced it will be conducting summer drug tests of Division I athletes for the first time ever.
This year, the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports says it wants to focus on football and baseball players; however, all athletes in Division I are subject to testing.
Athletes are subject to screening even if they are not on campus, meaning that tests will likely occur at homes, jobs or other locations.
"We've previously been hesitant to test into the summer months, because of concerns about extending student-athletes' participation in a sport beyond a traditional season and also logistical considerations," Mary Wilfert, the NCAA's associate director of education outreach and said in the announcement published in The NCAA News.
"But the reality is that student-athletes don't take the summer off."
-- David Burrick
