1. What a FIBA Agent should know about Anti-Doping

2. What is Doping ?
The following constitute Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV):
Presence of a prohibited substance in a player's bodily specimen (urine or
blood).
Use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method.
Refusing, or failing without compelling justification, to submit to a doping test.
Violation of requirements regarding player‘s availability for out-of-competition
testing, including failure to provide acurate whereabouts.
Tampering, or attempting to tamper, with any part of the doping test.
Possession, administration or trafficking of any prohibited substance or
method.
Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up or any other type of
complicity involving an ADRV.

3. Who can be accused of an ADRV?
Agent
Team
Doctor
The Player
Administrator
Coach
Physiotherapist
As a consequence, everyone involved in basketball shall be well informed about doping and its consequences.

4. FIGHT Against doping & resulting process
A basketball player must :
Make himself available for testing in-competition
Make himself available for testing out-of-competition
Obtain a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) prior to using a medication which contains a prohibited substance

5. In & Out-of-competition testing
In-Competition Testing
at national level, organised by a national body (e.g: NF, NADO)
at international level, organised by FIBA, IOC, etc
Out-of-Competition Testing
at national level, organised by a national body (e.g: NF, NADO)
at international level, organised by FIBA, WADA
*Definition of a RTP: Pool of top-level players established separately by each International Federation and National Anti-Doping Organisation
Note:
Top players may be included by NF/NADO/FIBA in a Registered Testing Pool (RTP)*.
As a consequence, they must provide upon request their daily whereabouts for a
given time period (usually 3 months) so that they can be located for testing at all times.

6. Therapeutic Use Exemptions
Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) process:
Where to apply for a TUE?
For players who intend to play at national level:
To the competent national TUE Committee by sending the request to:
- National Federation (Contact details under
- National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO)
For players who intend to play at international level:
To the FIBA TUE Committee:
Note: TUE application forms can be downloaded from the FIBA website.

7. Prohibited Substances
Which substances are mostly found in basketball?
Cannabis
Testosterone (Elevated T/E ratio)
Nandrolone
Ephedrine & Pseudoephedrine
(“over the counter” supplements!)
Cocaine
Stimulants
Methylhexaneamine

8. Result Management
Sanctions
In case of a positive result (Adverse Analytical Finding – AAF)
Who is competent to decide ?
At national level
At international level
NF, NADO, etc
FIBA
IOC (Olympic Games)
Which FIBA bodies decide?
Who can appeal to which body?

9. National Competent body FIBA Disciplinary Panel
Result Management
Decision- making Bodies
Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS)
FIBA Appeals’ Panel
WADA
National Competent body
(NF, NOC, NADO) Or
Other Organisations
(IOC, OCA, NBA)
Player
FIBA Disciplinary Panel

10. 2010 FIBA Anti-Doping Rules
FIBA Rules are drafted on the basis of the WADA Model Rules
for International Federations.
However, some parts specific to FIBA & the sport of basketball are
maintained (e.g: sanctioning mechanism).

11. Result management procedures
FIBA notifies by registered mail of the positive result:
The player/Agent
The NF/NADO
WADA
At the same time, FIBA:
May suspend the player provisionally,
Notifies the player of his right to :
ask for the B sample analysis
be heard before the FIBA Disciplinary Panel

12. What are the Sanctions? Non-Specified substances:
2 years' ineligibility
Specified substances:
At a minimum a reprimand
and maximum 2 years’ ineligibility,
If the player can establish how a specified substance entered in his body or came into his possession and that there was no intention to enhance the sport performance or to mask the use of a performance-enhancing substance.
Reduction, elimination or increase of period of ineligibility, depend on the players’ fault or negligence
See table in Art for multiple violations, if applicable
If more than one player within one team has an AAF, consequences to teams may also apply (see Art.11).

13. INEligibility PERIOD Commencement of Ineligibility Period
Date of the decision ( see Art.10.9 for exceptions)
Status during Ineligibility
Prohibition against participation in any capacity in an Event or activity (also include NBA / WNBA/ NBDL) other than authorized anti-doping education or rehabilitation programs.
Training is authorized :
for Players who have been suspended for 18 months or more, as of 6 months prior to the expiry of the period of Ineligibility
for Players who have been suspended for less than 18 months, as of 3 months prior to the expiry of the period of Ineligibility.

14. INEliGIBILITY PERIOD Violation of the prohibition of participation :
all medals and prizes are forfeited
the period of Ineligibility starts over again as of the date of the violation (unless the Secretary General decides otherwise).
In any case, the Player remains subject to Testing.

15. INEliGIBILITY PEriod Reinstatement Testing
As a condition to regain eligibility, a Player must :
Be available for Out-of-Competition Testing
Comply with the whereabouts requirements
NB: No financial sanction may be considered as a basis for reducing the period of Inegibility.

16. appeal 1. Decisions subject to Appeal
Any decision made under these Anti-Doping Rules.
2. Persons entitled to Appeal
Player or other Person subject to the decision
FIBA and any other Anti-Doping Organization
IOC
WADA

17. APPEAL 3. Time for filing Appeal
Appeal must be made in writing and must be received by FIBA within the limit provided for in the applicable General Status or Internal Regulations of FIBA. In the absence of such a limit the statement of appeal must be received by FIBA within 14 days following the day of receipt by the appealing party of the decision being appealed against.
Failure to file a timely appeal in accordance with this paragraph is deemed to be a waiver of the right to appeal.
The appeal shall be accompaigned by a copy of the decision appealed against.

18. APPEAL
4. Decisions taken by national member federations or organizations outside FIBA
The Secretary General may decide :
- to adopt such decision for FIBA Competitions if precise requirements are cumulatively met;
- to submit a case to FIBA Disciplinary Panel. The Panel may decide whether and to what extent a sanction shall be imposed for the purposes of FIBA Competitions;
- all National Federations must comply with decision of FIBA.

19. Useful References WADA Prohibited Substances and Methods
FIBA Internal Regulations governing Anti-Doping
Others:
Medical Corner ( Anti-Doping procedures (TUE & Whereabouts), FIBA Anti-Doping Rules, Prohibited List, Doping Control process, Clean Game campaign, etc.
WADA website ( WADA Code, International Standards, Prohibited List, NADO contact details, etc.

20. USEFUL REFEREnces
For further information, please contact FIBA Anti-Doping Department : Ms.Virginie Alberto, Anti-Doping Officer,