David Moore receives second positive test for NCAA banned substance, will appeal ruling in hearing set for Dec. 17
Quarterback David Moore awaits a snap on against Western Michigan on Sept. 28, 2019 at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. WMU won the game 31-15.
A new report from Yahoo! Sports found that Central Michigan quarterback David Moore received a second positive test for an NCAA banned substance and, as a result, was handed another one-year ban by the NCAA.
Moore told Central Michigan Life that he has an appeal scheduled with the NCAA at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 17.
Henry Bushnell of Yahoo! Sports reported that back in 2019, Moore tested positive for Ligandrol, which is a Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator or SARM, and for an anabolic steroid, the M3 metabolite of Oral Turinabol.
After serving his one year suspension, Moore was notified after a drug test in October of 2020 that he had once again tested positive for the M3 metabolite, which prevented him from participating in the 2020 season.
Now, he's in danger of losing the 2021 season, and the rest of his college eligibility.
According to the report, Moore believes he took the banned substances in supplements he bought from GNC, and that he stopped taking the supplements after testing positive the first time.
According to the report, president of the Banned Substances Control Group Oliver Catlin said that Moore's story is believable because "the science is relatively limited."
Several athletes have tested positive for the same M3 metabolite multiple times. UFC fighter Jon Jones once tested positive for it 15 months after his initial positive test. Former MLB player Cody Stanley also tested positive for the same substance more than nine times, according to the report.
Should Moore's appeal be denied, he told Yahoo! Sports that he'd explore a different path to the NFL. He mentioned playing in the Canadian Football League as one option.
Moore believes that if he was the quarterback at a bigger university, his situation would've played out differently.
"I feel like they can just throw me under the rug," Moore told Yahoo! Sports.
Moore lost his appeal for the first positive test earlier this year. He has been suspended since Oct. 7, 2019. In his absence, redshirt freshman Daniel Richardson started the first four games of the season, with graduate transfer Ty Brock starting the final two with Richardson lost to injury.
"(I) hope they don't suspend me twice for the same thing," Moore told Central Michigan Life. "I've sat for so long."
