IPL ANTI-DOPING AGREEMENT
***Please be aware that cannabinoids are NOT on the IPL banned substance list.
***IN THE EVENT OF A DRUG-TEST FAILURE ALL OUTSTANDING FEES PAID AND/OR PRO PAYOUT COMPENSATION OWED WILL BE FORFEITED.***
NSF Certified for Sport® Program
With thousands of banned substance ingredients floating out there, we agree that it can be challenging to navigate through it all. While the IPL cannot officially “approve” any products or supplements, what we can do is point athletes to the NSF Certified for Sport® Program. Your safest bet is to use only products that have this certification.
NSF International
National Sanitation Foundation
To meet the growing demands of athletes, coaches and all those concerned about banned substances in sports supplements, NSF International created the NSF Certified for Sport® Program. This specially designed NSF program is a focused solution designed to minimize the risk that a dietary supplement or sports nutrition product contains banned substances.
This program, which focuses primarily on the sports supplement manufacturing and sourcing process, provides key preventive measures to:
*Protect against adulteration of products.
*Verify label claims against product contents.
*Identify athletic banned substances in the finished product or ingredients.
Click here to review the complete list of certified products and supplements.
Read more about NSF here.
IPL ANTI-DOPING PROTOCOL
25% of athletes at each IPL contest are required to submit a urine sample for urinalysis testing according to WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). Athletes who receive the highest placements at contests will be the first selected for testing. In addition any athlete may also be randomly selected. Order of priority: Overall division winners, Class winners, Second place winners and so on. Samples may also be collected on Friday (day before show) at athlete check-in. In this case, all selected athletes will be random. Competitors under 18 years of age will not be drug-tested.
Urine sample collectors all meet one or more of the following qualifications:
*Have nurse/medical certification.
*Have 10+ years experience in drug-testing protocols.
The IPL collects a $75 drug testing fee per competitor for every contest entered. Fees collected are used for staff, administration and the actual lab work required to test the urine samples. Competitors who do not receive a placement that qualifies for urinalysis testing, or who are otherwise not selected, will have their testing fee pooled toward the drug-testing effort.
Please be aware that drug-test results are only provided to an athlete in the event the athlete has tested positive for a banned substance.
The league receives Test Results within one week after contest.
PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES
(and penalties for testing positive)
There are two Prohibited Substance Categories according to WADA. The IPL has considered this list and has established three specific suspension penalties.
#1 Substances Prohibited At All Times.
Within this list the IPL has identified a specific group of substances as the most aggressive violations of ethics in sports. Athletes must NEVER use any of these substances at ANY point in time…past, present, or future.
Testing positive for any substance on this list such as Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) will result in a lifetime ban from competing within the IPL.
S1 Anabolic Agents
S2 Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances And Mimetics
S3 Beta-2 Agonists
S4 Hormone And Metabolic Modulators
S5 Diuretics And Masking Agents.
Please review WADA’s Prohibited Substance Categories
#2 Substances Prohibited At All Times (Lesser Offence).
Within this list the IPL has identified a specific group of substances which are serious violations, yet less so than #1. Athletes must NEVER use any of these substances at ANY point in time…past, present, or future.
Testing positive for any substance on this list will result in a 2 to 5-year ban from competing within the IPL.
M1 Manipulation Of Blood And Blood Components.
M2 Chemical And Physical Manipulation of samples.
M3 Gene And Cell Doping.
Please review WADA’s Prohibited Substance Categories
#3 Substances Prohibited During Competition.
Within this list the IPL has identified a specific group of substances which are not as serious #1 or #2, but are should not be present in an athletes system (urine sample) during competition/time sample is collected.
Testing positive for any substance on this list will result in a 6 month to to 2-year ban from competing within the IPL.
S6 Stimulants
S7 Narcotics
S9 Glucocorticoids