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The NCAA has for established a rule for mandatory testing of all student athletes in D-1 schools effective for the 2010-2011 academic year.
But there is something devilish in the details, writes Roger Groves in Forbes - students can take the test or be excused from it if they establish they sign a waiver relieving the school of liability.
In light of the prospects for human tragedy and multi-million dollar lawsuits, does the university have the right to say, “We better test everybody for a host of maladies, and if we find a sinister culprit, you cannot play”? I suspect you see the dilemma. If he does play, the institution risks a wrongful death lawsuit for letting him. After all, the institution is a guardian, a trustee to group of very talented teenagers, stewards of their collective minds and body at least while practicing and playing on the field or court. If he does not play, the school may lose the greatest exposure and instant revenue generator it has ever seen and deny a student a lifelong dream.As a society we face the question, “whose interest are we most trying to protect”?
