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Peer reviewedGibbs, Annette – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Mandatory testing of college and university athletes has met with mixed success not only in combating substance abuse but in legal arguments. Students have claimed that drug testing violates their constitutional rights of equal protection, protection against unreasonable search and seizure, and due process, and is a gross invasion of privacy.…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, Court Litigation, Drug Education
Peer reviewedTeagarden, C. Claude – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Examines the National Collegiate Athletic Association's drug testing program of student-athletes and relevant legal decisions. Concludes that each individual urinalysis search, not based on suspicion, is a violation of the student-athlete's privacy and is an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. (100 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Brown, Valerie L. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
Addresses the question of institutional duty of care in college sports. Asks if the Supreme Court's decision in "Vernonia," which held that random, suspicionless urinalysis testing of student-athletes is allowed, gives college officials a free hand in conducting random, suspicionless searches for college athletes and nonathletes alike.…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing
