Categories: CHL & NCAA

Drug testing coming to the OHL and WHL

From the Toronto Star:

Peeing in a cup is going to be as much a part of life in the OHL as scoring goals, taking penalties and riding buses. The OHL and WHL are joining the QMJHL this year by introducing random drug tests for their players.

Players testing positive for substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, including steroids and cocaine, will find themselves sanctioned by their league.

Read the entire article here.

I see no problem with the implementation of these drug programs, as long as they don’t start backpeddling as soon as they implement them, like nullifying results based on temperature of urine or some other ridiculous factors.

Richard Pollock

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