Low number of college athletes is caught using steroids

A few college sportspersons are caught using banned medications. Does it mean that they don’t dope? Less than 1% of college football players have been caught violating anti-doping policies. They have tested positive for anabolic steroids and/or other performance-enhancing drugs. Such situation must convince anti-doping agencies that they win in the fight against doping. But some suspicions appear. It is believed that a lot of college football players take anabolic steroids and/or other related medications but they avoid detection successfully.
Why do such suspicions arise? Changes in physique of college football players lead to controversial statements. Thus, changes in body mass of over 61,000 college football players were recently analyzed by the Associated Press. Results manifested that numerous college football players increased their body mass in short period of time essentially. Over 20 pounds were acquired by over 4,500 college football players during a year. Moreover, near 100 persons increased the body mass by more than 80 pounds during a year. As you see, the gains were obvious.
Certain experts affirm that these aspects should not trouble anti-doping agencies. They notice that anti-doping officials shouldn’t subject college football players to drug tests only because they have enhanced body mass significantly.
But other experts have another opinion. However they agree that it is impossible to affirm that several football players have taken steroids and/or other related drugs, basing just upon changes in body mass, they notice that the changes may be a factor which leads to suspicions connected with usage of steroids. Thus, such individuals that have increased body mass in short period of time should be subjected to steroid testing.
Some college athletes that increased body weight significantly in short period of time were asked about their changes. The sportspersons claimed that they had never applied any banned medicines. They affirmed that they achieved such amazing changes naturally. The college athletes noted that they had consumed much food for this purpose. So, they claimed that such essential results were reached by them because of proper diets. According to them, it was not difficult to get many pounds in short period of time.