The University of Waterloo football team has been suspended for the entire 2010 season following the revelation that nine of the 62 players on the roster have committed doping offences. The coaching staff has been placed on paid administrative leave.
… “We have a total of nine possible anti-doping violations. Two violations have been confirmed to date and the sanctions have been accepted. We are in the results management process as it relates to the other other seven potential violations,” [said one official].
… Waterloo athletic director Bob Copeland decided to test the entire team following the arrest of a member of the team, Nathan Zettler, for possession and trafficking of anabolic steroids.
During the news conference Copeland defended the university’s decision to suspend the entire team…