Coaches and players at the University of...

Coaches and players at the University of Arizona said that tougher drug testing had to come, but a legal aid group said the school’s new policy is too invasive.

“We’ve got to fight, start helping do our part right now . . . and there’s going to be some people hurt,” said football Coach Larry Smith, whose players will be the first affected by mandatory, random checks under the policy implemented July 1.

Helen Mautner, director of the Tucson chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said, however, that players should not be so agreeable about invasions of their privacy.

“The general policy of the ACLU is to oppose mandatory drug testing for employees, athletes or anyone else, unless there is probable cause to believe something is wrong,” she said.