1 A player's first positive test for stimulants results in mandatory drug counseling plus 6 additional tests over the rest of the year, but no monetary sanctions. 2  A second positive test results in a 25-game suspension without pay.
Although the appendix is a part of your gastrointestinal tract, itâs a vestigial organ. This means that it provides no vital function and that you may live a normal, healthy life without it. The purpose of the appendix is unknown. Some believe it contains tissue that helps your immune system process infections in your body. If you donât get treatment for an inflamed appendix quickly, it can rupture and release dangerous bacteria into your abdomen. The resulting infection is called peritonitis.
Others feel that the appendix is a vestigial organ, a remainder from the time when humans regularly dined on tree bark and needed an additional organ to break down the roughage. Along with the disagreement over the true function of the appendix, there is no consensus if humans will always have this organ.ith no clear determination of what the appendix does, there's no agreement on whether prophylactic appendectomies -- appendectomies performed to avoid possible future medical emergencies -- are medically appropriate.