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Dryden "Hobey" McKay ... doping sanction?

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The Sicatoka

Kicizapi Cetan
https://www.usada.org/sanction/dryden-mckay-accepts-doping-sanction/

USADA announced today that Dryden McKay, of Mankato, Minn., an athlete in the sport of hockey, has accepted a six-month period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation.

McKay, 25, tested positive for ostarine (enobosarm) as the result of a sample collected out of competition on January 23, 2022. Ostarine is a Non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policy, and the International Ice Hockey Federation Anti-Doping Regulations, all of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.
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McKay accepted a six-month period of ineligibility that began on April 14, 2022, the date he accepted this sanction. The athlete was also granted a three-day credit for a provisional suspension served from January 31, 2022 through February 2, 2022. In addition, McKay’s competitive results obtained on January 23, 2022, the date his positive sample was collected, have been disqualified, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
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Is this why McKay wasn't on the US Olympic roster?

A US Anti-Doping Agency test on about Jan 23, 2022, would align to pre-Olympics testing.
 
Wondering who knew what and when they knew it. Saving grace is that, according to the report, that particular substance may have been ingested accidentally, as it apparently wasn't listed as an ingredient on whatever he was taking.
 
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What did the NCAA know and when did they know it? The article is unclear on that point.

And I'm guessing the Hobey Baker committee knew none of this until ... just now.

I can not find if USADA or WADA reports positive findings to the NCAA when they test Olympic sport (BB, hockey) athletes.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
What did the NCAA know and when did they know it? The article is unclear on that point.

And I'm guessing the Hobey Baker committee knew none of this until ... just now.

I can not find if USADA or WADA reports positive findings to the NCAA when they test Olympic sport (BB, hockey) athletes.
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You could just read the article posted above to show it’s a cautionary tale for athletes at all levels that vitamins and supplements aren’t regulated by the FDA and not everything in them is listed in the ingredients.
 
How convenient the suspension starts a week after the Frozen Four & ends just about the start of next season. That'll teach him (rolleyes)
 
moose97 said:
How convenient the suspension starts a week after the Frozen Four & ends just about the start of next season. That'll teach him (rolleyes)
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Teach him what? To not unintentionally ingest trace amounts of a banned substance that were a contaminant in a vitamin D supplement?
 
MavsFan said:
Teach him what? To not unintentionally ingest trace amounts of a banned substance that were a contaminant in a vitamin D supplement?
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To not take non-NSF supplements? To check with the medical staff before he takes any particular supplements? To accept responsibility for his decisions?
 
MavsFan said:
And he said those very things. He's taking responsibility.
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With his super harsh suspension that completely doesn't affect his playing time. He shouldn't have taken the 20 day appeal period if he was "accepting responsibility."
 
MavsFan said:
Teach him what? To not unintentionally ingest trace amounts of a banned substance that were a contaminant in a vitamin D supplement?
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But he didn't take a Vitamin D supplement, he admits he intentionally took Quercetin.

Did he go to the store and get confused in the spelling between "D" and "Quercetin"?

Quercetin you ask? From WebMD ...

Quercetin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that might help reduce swelling, kill cancer cells, control blood sugar, and help prevent heart disease.

Quercetin is most commonly used for conditions of the heart and blood vessels and to prevent cancer. It is also used for arthritis, bladder infections, and diabetes, but there is no strong scientific evidence to support most of these uses. There is also no good evidence to support using quercetin for COVID-19.
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My biggest knock here:

These guys are told time and again: Do not take anything that hasn't been cleared by the team.


If he'd been taking a real Vitamin D supplement I'd feel sorry.
If he'd taken something team cleared I'd feel sorry.

He's taking a something few if any of us have heard of before. That causes me to pause and take note. Why?
These guys are told time and again: Do not take anything that hasn't been cleared by the team.

And yes, that bears repeating.
 
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