Comments on: Who will foot the bill?

By: Britney Spies

Britney Spies — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:28:28 +0000

By: Fatflanker

Fatflanker — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:26:20 +0000

I was drug tested recently along with about 100 other men while working in the Middle East. The tester brought the wrong kit apparently but the good news was that not one of us was found to be pregnant!

By: Pepe

Pepe — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:17:34 +0000

@Slartibartfast-12: @Te Rangatira-11: Guys 60% is my own estimation I may be wrong. The boys take it now during the off season and by the time the season starts the drugs are already out of their system.

By: outrightrugby

outrightrugby — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:14:20 +0000

It has to be done regardless of costs

By: Pepe

Pepe — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:13:24 +0000

@whatthe-10: @Slartibartfast-12: My son said to me about 2 weeks ago dad look how easy it is to get roids. He BBM'ed someone and said I need Decca how much? And the response came back immediately : 'R500 a hit.' Its terrible and unfair for the kids who want to play fair.

By: Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:07:53 +0000

@Slartibartfast-14: PS Large financial penalty for the parent and even larger one for the school involved, lets see how many will turn a blind eye then.

By: Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:06:38 +0000

@Te Rangatira-13: Thinking about it, they should use the money they going to waste on testing the odd individual to educate the parents. I wonder how many parents know about the effects of steroid use on the human body? What about a 3 month ban on the kid and a large financial penalty for the parent, they can then use that money to do more testing...

By: Te Rangatira

Te Rangatira — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:38:56 +0000

@Slartibartfast-12: Yes Slarti, that is the right way to look at the situation.How do you break the cycle? Especially when some Parents encourage this type of thing..

By: Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:45:17 +0000

@Pepe-9: WOW 60%?! @whatthe-10: Agree but I think this whole 'program' is just a lot of hot air, talk a lot, test a few and hope for the best. Never going to work and/or change the attitute towards the use of it. This headache is not going away soon and is going to bite us in the arse before long. @Te Rangatira-11: Competition at school level are getting way to much emphasis I think, time to draw a line in the sand, take a step back, a deep breath or two and look at the reasons this happens in the first place. One last point though, steroids are not cheap, where do the kids get the money to buy the stuff and why do I hear nothing about parents involvement in all this?

By: Te Rangatira

Te Rangatira — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:54:33 +0000

@Pepe-9: Wow...I'm blown away by your figure of 60%...really. Why do these kids want to stuff their bodies up by taking the easy route. This is definitely a serious problem.

By: whatthe

whatthe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:54:47 +0000

Expose these cheats………name and shame them

It should be a combined Govt, school, private enterprise and parent initiative.

A three mth ban is BS, they should be out for the season………….and the schools who are turning a blind eye should be fined or the team taken out of the league

By: Pepe

Pepe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:58:30 +0000

Drugs use amongst school rugby is massive. My son plays for one of the big rugby schools and over 60% of these boys use steroids. It’s easy for these boys to get as they sell it to each other. So I hope this program gets implemented and the necessary finance becomes available for these tests to be done. Listened to a radio interview a few weeks ago and it was said the largest drug use is with cycling and school boy rugby.

By: hendrikp

hendrikp — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:41:49 +0000

Not worth it. This is a problem with society. The costs outweigh the benefits in this instance.

It’s the equivalent of giving a 12-pack to a depressive alcoholic to help him with depression.

By: Eekay

Eekay — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:36:08 +0000

I agree that it should be a government run thing as it is for the protection of our kids.

By: John Galt

John Galt — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:31:28 +0000

I find it hugely ironic that Kearsney are hosting workshop.

In my Matric year, it was open knowlege that they were some of the biggest roid bunnies in KZN.

By: nortierd

nortierd — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:10:18 +0000

As per the norm nowadays are parents will probably have to foot the bill

By: Stoetbul9

Stoetbul9 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:01:08 +0000

Schools will not pay this much money for drug tests. It is a great idea but at these costs schools will not volentary test players.

By: RL

RL — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:25:45 +0000

@keo-1: keo can your buddies at SASCOCK pay for this - it is outrageous that they fly around the world, first class, with their families, living it up in 5star hotels while telling athletes there is no money for anything. Expose these pricks that the Keo used to do and get them to do right.

By: nortierd

nortierd — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:19:44 +0000

The one’s hiding behind the bicycle sheds at break time must be ****.ping themselves if the read the headlines ” schools to do drug tests” and misinterpret the meaning.

By: keo

keo — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:07:41 +0000

outrageous costs … it has to be a government initiative then that is sponsored by the Lotto or something. If serious about cleaning up drugs as performance enhancing in schools then finance can’t be a restriction otherwise it’s just a PR stunt.