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Message: [QUOTE="Flutterby, post: 2190926, member: 1853"] Drug testers aren't that stupid. They don't turn up usually until AFTER training/game has started for just that very reason - so that someone can't find out they are there an not come. Secondly - every elite athlete on the ASADA test list (and that is everyone who is either paid to play or in non-professional sports/junior level has been selected at any stage in a rep team over the age of 16) is required to submit to ASADA a form saying where they will be and when - ie training, competition, at home, on holidays (all with details of where/dates/times). These must be submitted every 3 months for the next 3 months but are also to be updated if any of these details change. If the athlete fails to notify a change of circumstances and a drug tester arrives at where they have said they are going to be and the athlete is not there that counts as strike one non-appearance - you get three of these in 6 months (I think it's 6 months, might be 12 now - they were talking about changing it to 12) and it is considered the same as a positive test. And you actually remain on the test list for 2 years after you provided official written notification of your retirement to ASADA. Now I'm not saying for a second that the system is infalliable, but it is harder than people think to skip a drug test. [/QUOTE]

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