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May 7, 2005
Did the CIF just ban protein supplements?
I'm looking at California Interscholastic Federation bylaw 22.B.12, just passed May 6. It reads:An athletic director, sports coach, school official or employee or booster club/support group member may provide only nonmuscle-building nutritional supplements to a studentathlete at any time for the purpose of providing additional calories and electrolytes. A school may only accept a sponsorship or donation from a supplement manufacturer that offer only nonmuscle-building nutritional supplements in their product line. Permissible nonmuscle-building nutritional supplements are identified according to the following classes: Carbohydrate/electrolyte drinks, energy bars, carbohydrate boosters and vitamins and minerals.
Forget about whether you think it's appropriate for the CIF to be trying to stop people from providing student-athletes with creatine. Doesn't this list exclude protein supplements, which are a standard training procedure and extremely safe (i.e., they're food!)?
Posted by ekr at May 7, 2005 8:51 AM | Filed under:
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A school may only accept a sponsorship or donation from a supplement manufacturer that offer only nonmuscle-building nutritional supplements in their product line.
So not only may a school not provide protein supplements, it may not accept sponsorships from makers of protein supplements, even if the sponsorship is in the name of a non-protein supplement.
Posted by: Anthony at May 7, 2005 6:33 PM