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Apparently, the use of recreational drugs and any punitive measures for such use are left completely up to the school.
Some schools have "mandatory" suspensions when non-starters are caught or really good players continually screw up, while others have no real policy whatsoever, we're looking at you Dabo.
Somebody asked Dan Beebe about this situation and he said:
"Recreational (drug use) doesn't get into the competition, the competitive piece. I think that it's better as an institutional decision within each school's own policy."
Nothing but Amsterdam Northern Lights for Dan, it seems.
Mike Leach pillar of probity and strict rules enforcement, also opined on a Three Strikes approach:
"I've never agreed with it. It holds you hostage (as a coach) after two positive tests."
I guess the only real questions remaining are what is the testing set up? Are these guys hitting the cup with any regularity? Lastly, is Purple Drank considered a recreational drug?
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hey, pick up some beer and some cleaning products…
by Hornmatic on Dec 20, 2010 2:31 PM CST reply actions
Awesome honey bear bong. I have to think a ton of these kids smoke.
by Juan Beniquez on Dec 20, 2010 2:32 PM CST reply actions
Don’t condescend me, man…
I’ll kill you.
In all seriousness, I’ve always been fascinated by the disconnect between college and pro ball. In the pros you can’t smoke. In college, the NCAA doesn’t even bother testing for that. What up with that?
And yeah, I think the purple drank would be considered “recreational” as well.
by Black Shipley on Dec 20, 2010 2:35 PM CST reply actions
However, six universities – Baylor, Cincinnati, Georgia, Kentucky, Miami and Virginia Tech — have a much stricter policy, suspending its players at least one game for a first positive drug test.
I guess eating dope and beating this shit out of your old lady gets you a multple game suspension at Baylor.
by MFCW on Dec 20, 2010 2:38 PM CST reply actions
I can’t believe I am saying this, but I think Beebe is right on here. The leagues/NCAA care about the competitiveness of the product on the field; the schools should be the ones enforcing the legal infractions.
Frankly, the NFL should calm the fuck down about that, but unlike college, it has a CBA (or at least is supposed to). So if the players’ assn agreed to it…
by WanderingHorn on Dec 20, 2010 3:21 PM CST reply actions
I’ll just say that as someone who worked at the undergraduate writing center for a certain unnamed state university and so came into contact with the academic advising staff for the athletes occasionally, I am shocked — SHOCKED!!! — that these kids might be smoking this “marijuana” business you are speaking of.
by tjarks on Dec 20, 2010 3:54 PM CST reply actions
Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.
by Slater on Dec 20, 2010 5:11 PM CST reply actions
I think watching how various programs respond to DUI arrests is possibly more interesting. I think I’ve seen everything from no real punishment to kicked off the team over that.
by RemondLonghorn on Dec 20, 2010 5:18 PM CST reply actions
This is great. And Brad Pitt was fantastic in that.
Tons of these dudes hit the chronic. For sure. I have to believe test results stay very private. It might also explain some of the bodies on some of our guys. Taco Cabana will put the weight on you when you eat it at 2am.
by Nike on Dec 20, 2010 6:20 PM CST reply actions
tjarks:
this is going to sound harsh and completely off topic. The undergrad writing center (at FAC) is a joke. The experts there are pretty comical. One of my professors offered extra credit on our papers if we went for help at the writing center, so naturally I went. What a waste of time.
on topic:
In any case, why must the NCAA get involved in recreational drug enforcement? The police and university should be taking care of that. It has nothing to do with sports…
by owenh on Dec 20, 2010 8:02 PM CST reply actions
“this is going to sound harsh and completely off topic. The undergrad writing center (at FAC) is a joke. The experts there are pretty comical. One of my professors offered extra credit on our papers if we went for help at the writing center, so naturally I went. What a waste of time.”
Yep, I see.
by oliphant on Dec 20, 2010 10:32 PM CST reply actions
owenh — yea man it wasn’t the best. But it was good money and it was easy as hell; we spent the vast majority of our time dicking around in the break room and making fun of the kids we were helping. Also it’s designed for remedial writers — THIS IS NOT A JOKE — I spent an awful lot of time explaining the difference between “subjects” and “verbs”.
by tjarks on Dec 21, 2010 4:13 PM CST reply actions

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