The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) believes the time is right to finally get U.S. college and professional sports to recognize the anti-doping code and has proposed a roadmap to jump-start the effort, president Witold Banka said.
U.S. college and professional sports have long been viewed as a black hole by anti-doping officials, with spotty testing and punishments often cloaked in secrecy.
The U.S. is a signatory to the WADA Code, but as private businesses the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League are not bound by the rules sport federations must adhere to in order to allow American athletes to compete internationally.