Virginia has become the first state in the nation to ban the use of energy drinks such as Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar by student-athletes during high school football games and practices.
The Virginia High School League's executive committee voted 24-2 on emergency legislation banning the popular drinks. The ban went into effect in time for high school football games on the weekend of September 24th.
"The safety of the athletes is the overwhelming rationale for approval," Tom Dolan, co-director of athletics for the VHSL, told The Baltimore Sun.
The Virginia ban is based on an October 2008 position statement [1] by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the governing body for high school sports, which strongly recommends against the use of energy drinks by young athletes. Like the NFHS statement, the VHSL ban states that:
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Knighton, C. "Energy drinks banned from high school practices, games." The Daily Progress (http://www2.dailyprogress.com/sports/2010/sep/24/energy-drinks-banned-high-school-practices-games-ar-524220/)(accessed September 27, 2010)
Created September 27, 2010
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