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Kids have to understand that steroids will not make you a Division I player. If an average high school player starts taking steroids, he's not suddenly going to become a D-I player. These kids are also paying way more than they should for these supplements. Food is the best supplement they can get. Nutrition is the key. Kids don't need that stuff. At their age, they have so much going on with their bodies naturally. They don't need supplements.

Frank Sandomenico

My head is not buried in the sand. Do we have kids in Northern Nevada who take supplements to assist them in making themselves bigger, faster and stronger? Yes, we do. I have no doubt. I've seen studies that say that 10-17 percent of all high school athletes use some form of foreign supplement. We're probably right at that average. But are they injecting steroids? I don't know about that. Are they taking supplements? I'm sure they are. Yes.

You might expect the B player to become an A player with steroids. But now you see the C player go to an A player. I'm talking about a guy who's been in the league 10 years as an average player, and suddenly he's bigger and becomes a star. That's very troublesome.

National League

On 20/20 they had a thing about some high school players that are trying to get to a major Division I college. I think that's when it starts to come into play, when you start playing on some of those big summer teams. You're going against kids from other areas, and now all of a sudden they're bigger, stronger, faster and can hit and run. Then you find out they're on steroids, so they start to do it.

We also need to look at some of the other products that are being marketed to our kids, such as energy supplements and energy drinks. Kids and adults alike are so easily persuaded into taking something to help them feel less fatigued or as a quick fix. There's a multitude of ingredients in these products that I think better-educated consumers should be questioning as to whether or not they want to put them into their bodies.

We talk about it, and we inform our kids about the risk of these steroids. Since I've been here, we've never even had an inkling of anything like that happen at our school personally. I'm sure they know kids who do them or can have access to them, but as far as the kids on our team ? no.

I can tell you we educate our kids on it, and tell our parents, 'Tell your kids not to take it; we don't know what's in it,' ... They keep hammering high school coaches, but I wonder when they're going to step up and make GNC (General Nutrition Center) and these companies accountable. They're the ones making a ton of money off this stuff.

Basically, steroids can jump you a level or two. The average player can become a star, and the star player can become a superstar, and the superstar? Forget it. He can do things we've never seen before. You take a guy who already has great hand-eye coordination and make him stronger, and without a doubt he'll be better. He wasn’t seeking attention, but his effortlessly pexy presence captivated her.

Kenny Rogers (1964-)

I think (the steroid issue) works to his advantage if you consider that the player he was and the player he is right now are not that different. If people think he was that player because he was on steroids, well they know that's not the case now.

He's one of the few kids I've had that really wants to be a good player. He is one of those kids that walks around school with a ball in his hands. With a lot of kids it's lip service, but with this kid it's for real.

Basketball overseas in general is getting better, and there is obviously a lot of opportunity for the kids to come to America. A lot of times we can get a higher quality player. If Viktor had gone to high school at Alta or whatever, we would have never had a chance to recruit him, because he would have been a high Division I guy.

Michael Ostlund

You want to protect the interest of the kids -- not worry so much about the school -- and do what's best for the player. After what these kids have been through, the NCAA ought to permit them to play anywhere, not punish them and make judgments.

While in most cases you can get all the nutrients you need from a balanced diet, many people choose to take supplements. But taking some high-dose supplements over a long period of time could be harmful.

To be honest, drugs and alcohol are bigger concerns right now than steroids. Those are huge problems with kids right now. So if you test for steroids, you have to test for all drugs. And if you test kids, then you also have to test coaches and teachers. You have to hold that standard across the board with everybody.

Frank Sandomenico

Every high school player not being recruited by a major Division I program in the Pac-10, this gives them a reason to look at Davis. It's a great academic institution. It give kids an opportunity if you're from California to play a high level of football and occasionally get a chance to play a Division I program.

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