The National Collegiate Athletic Association bylaws provide a list of banned drugs or substances in Bylaw 31.2.3.5. Baylor UniversityÆs basketball program was recently reprimanded, censured and penalized with five years of probation and ôlimited in schedule for one year to the number of games contained in the conference regular seasonö (Major, 2005, p. 1). The issue responsible for these sanctions stems from NCAA Bylaw 10.2, which maintains ôA member institutionÆs athletic department staff members who have knowledge of a student-athleteÆs use at any time of a substance on the list of banned drugs, as set forth in Bylaw 31.2.3.5, shall follow institutional procedures dealing with drug abuse or be subject to disciplinary or corrective action as set forth in Bylaw 19.5.2.2ö (NCAA, 2006, p. 53). At their NCAA infraction hearing, Baylor athletic department staff were found in violation of Bylaw 10.2, for failing to follow procedures for reporting banned drug use. The University was also found to be in violation of Bylaw 6.01.1, institutional control, and Bylaw 10.1, unethical conduct.
The former head coach of the Baylor University menÆs basketball team disclosed during the NCAA infractions hearing that three student athletes failed an August 28, 2002, drug test, testing positive for marijuana (Marsh, 2005, p. 4). While the menÆs basketball coach informed the director of athletics of the failed drug tests, the director of athletics did not receive official notice from the athletic training staff. According to Marsh (2005), the director of athletics ônever forwarded the results to institutional authorities, in violation of institutional policyö (p. 4). For this reason, Baylor University was also found in violation of two additional NCAA Bylaws during its hearing, 6.01.1 (institutional control) and 10.1 (unethical conduct).
NCAA Bylaw 6.01.1, institutional control, states that ôThe control and responsibility for the...