The messages, intended or not, sent by athletes are being heard by young people. The NCAA is working to help student athletes deal with illegal drug and alcohol abuse. If you attend a NCAA school, you will be subject to regulations prohibiting drug use. At the beginning of every year an athlete must sign a consent form to be randomly tested for drugs through out the year. Anyone who does not sign the form or refuses when asked to be tested for the substances, will be treated as if they had tested positive.
Any athlete is subject to be tested and at anytime.
In all other Divisions I and II sports, and in Division III each academic year, you must sign a drug-testing consent form before you compete. Drug testing occurs randomly on a year-round basis in Divisions I and II football and track and field. Drug testing also is conducted at NCAA championships and football bowl games. If you test positive, you will lose a season of competition in all sports if the season of competition has not yet started. If the season of competition has started, you will lose one full season of competition in all sports.