Penalties for college athletes who test positive...

Penalties for college athletes who test positive for drugs will range from a warning to the loss of a year’s eligibility under a program expected to gain NCAA approval in January.

Drug testing is being performed independently at 96 of the NCAA’s 283 Division 1 schools and is under consideration at 45 others. Under the program developed by the committee headed by former NCAA President John Toner, the NCAA would conduct mandatory tests at selected Division 1 bowl games and national championship competition beginning in August of 1986.