A few weeks ago we reported on a high school rowing team forced to strip, then pee in a cup for a anti-doping test. Those lovable Aussies continue at it again. The regulatory blokes want to test school kids for steroids.
A Radio Australia report here says the kid's teachers/parents want nothing to do with this rubbish.
The heads of Australian Independent Schools will meet the government's anti-doping authority today, to protest against the drug testing of school children at sports carnivals.
Last month students from a high school in the east of Sydney were forced to strip and provide officials at a regatta with urine samples, in front of an official from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).
The revelation sparked outrage because ASADA did not seek the consent of the students' parents.
The New South Wales Association of Independent Schools spokesman, Geoff Newcombe, says ASADA shouldn't be allowed to drug test children who are not elite athletes.
But the authority says it has the right to test any children who play sport covered by an anti-doping policy at any time.
Well, well...We can test Australian school kids, but are unable to test American NFL players. Logical. And they nailed Rocky at the Sydney airport. It is all clear now.
Carry on.
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