It seems to me that the proximity of hospital to university is a determining factor in the quality of student health care for both students and student-athletes.

I attended a private university with three major hospitals within a few blocks of the campus. Health services were, therefore, readily available.

My daughter, however, attends a major state university with the nearest hospital several miles away. And in her school's case, the student health center can best be charitably described as inferior.

It is not even open on weekends.

The center's most reliable diagnosis -- again from our experience -- seems to consist of an ambulance to a hospital emergency room.

If you are really worried about the health of athletes, you will take the NCAA logos off the basketball courts in the tournament. We watched all 6 games in Raleigh and in every one players from both teams slipped and fell on those stickers on the court that either advertise the NCAA or cover over the host school's paint. The last thing any of us need to see is another NCAA logo! Your scoreboards kill us with it. For goodness sakes, at least take pity on the basketball players! RDS

After listening to Mr. Myles. NCAA does not allocate funds specifically for health. Their funds are for whatever the university wants to use it for as long as its not for scholarship. We need to get past this cost issue and false results. It's proven to Save Lives. How much money do the NCAA allocate specifically for DRUG/ALCOHOL? That money is specifically for DRUG/ALCOHOL. There are organizations around country who can help smaller schools screen their athletes. Cheyney State University screens all their athletes, then screen thir freshmen/transfers the next year. Cheyney does not have funds like other universities, Div I, II, III. but they are able to get it done. Most schools should follow University of Georgia model. Screening Freshmen/Transfer would lower your cost.

In our country Breast Screening, Prostate screening, cancer screening and AIDs test are encouraged to take, but you never hear concerns about the false results that may accur with these test.

There 30,000 young people dying each year fromn Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and many are on our University and college campuses. But the NCAA continue to use cost and false result as and excuse not reccommend universities and college to screen there athletes. There are companies that do Ehco's and EKG's for 125.00 per person. These screening are very accured, and you may have a false result, but its better to have a false result and know that kid is okay,then not to do it and lose that kid.