A recent NCAA mandate requires incoming Division I student athletes to either: (1) submit to testing for the sickle cell trait, (2) provide earlier results of a test, or (3) waive out of testing and release the NCAA from any potential future liability from sickle cell trait complications....
A player who has a permanent medical condition with the potential to produce serious injury or death through sustained physical exertion (e.g., sickle cell trait) may be substituted at any time when medically necessary and re-enter the game without the limitations imposed by Rule 3.6.1, which...
Debate Heats Up over Screening Athletes for Sickle Cell Trait; NCAA Mandates Such a Test, but Medical Group Urges a Different OptionGordon, Serena