And I'm saying that in this case my opinion is very simply different. "Guys traveling across the country to nationals" is far too weighty a phrase. It includes folks of multiple age categories and levels of seriousness. I'm telling you, and I use no supplements and virtually take no medication ever, that if I was given something in the off season for some health reason it would never occur to me that it would be in my system that many months later.
The system is clearly broken.