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Thoughts on AP report that SEC is 'lenient' on marijuana discipline?
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:44 am
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:44 am
I looked and didn't see this linked, not really sorry if it was.
Anyway, my thoughts are that this is some pretty bad 'SEC is so bad' whining by the rest of the country. The article is at best incomplete and at worst completely misleading. The SEC is lenient compared to who? The Big10? We don't know, no information is provided on other conferences. Or just compared to the overreaching NCAA's punishment? Who cares. Weed is not a performance enhancing drug therefore I really think punishment should come down to the conference and schools' policies.
My thoughts on players smoking weed are consistent whether it be TM7, Dyer, Harvin, or a Bama player: I really couldn't care less about that particular offense. Thoughts on this drivel?
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Anyway, my thoughts are that this is some pretty bad 'SEC is so bad' whining by the rest of the country. The article is at best incomplete and at worst completely misleading. The SEC is lenient compared to who? The Big10? We don't know, no information is provided on other conferences. Or just compared to the overreaching NCAA's punishment? Who cares. Weed is not a performance enhancing drug therefore I really think punishment should come down to the conference and schools' policies.
My thoughts on players smoking weed are consistent whether it be TM7, Dyer, Harvin, or a Bama player: I really couldn't care less about that particular offense. Thoughts on this drivel?
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Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:49 am to thatthang
Well...If you get caught in a California school, but you have a license to use, do you still get punished?
And UGA's policy is really strict if i recall.
And UGA's policy is really strict if i recall.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:53 am to GregYoureMyBoyBlue
Our policy is a joke but our new AD and coach are in the process of changing that.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:54 am to RebelNutt
Don't see the big deal.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:54 am to thatthang
My policy is smoke em if you got em
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:55 am to DMagic
People gonna get high.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:56 am to GregYoureMyBoyBlue
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Well...If you get caught in a California school, but you have a license to use, do you still get punished?
That is a great point. I had considered a similar scenario, speaking of TM7. Was synthetic marijuana even illegal when TM7 was caught? I assume it probably was in LA but I still don't think it is across the country. Can the players in those states use it but not the players in the states where it is illegal? Does the NCAA have a committee of professionals with medical and law enforcement backgrounds updating their banned substances list weekly? What is their policy if Bama's O-line wants to take bath salts before games? haha. It's just so arbitrary it is ridiculous. Draw the line at performance enhancing drugs and be done with it, leave the rest to the conferences and/or schools, I say.
This post was edited on 6/4/12 at 9:58 am
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:56 am to GregYoureMyBoyBlue
UT kicked Janzen out after multiple failed drug tests
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:57 am to thatthang
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:58 am to Crompdaddy8
Wonder what Oregon and Colorado's policies look like?
Posted on 6/4/12 at 9:59 am to Crompdaddy8
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UT kicked Janzen out after multiple failed drug tests
An a trip to rehab if the rumors are true
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:25 am to thatthang
If you can't take them down on the field...you've gotta find something...
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:27 am to Aubie83
College kids get high? Shocking.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:29 am to thatthang
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:02 am to 12
The problem I have with the article is that it focused on two cases that did NOT involve marijuana,but synthetic marijuana which was legal at the time.
This is just another example that it is time to LEGALIZE not PENALIZE...
This is just another example that it is time to LEGALIZE not PENALIZE...
This post was edited on 6/4/12 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:13 am to allin2010
The drug war is a complete failure! Prohibition doesn't work!
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:13 am to thatthang
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That is a great point. I had considered a similar scenario, speaking of TM7. Was synthetic marijuana even illegal when TM7 was caught? I assume it probably was in LA but I still don't think it is across the country. Can the players in those states use it but not the players in the states where it is illegal? Does the NCAA have a committee of professionals with medical and law enforcement backgrounds updating their banned substances list weekly? What is their policy if Bama's O-line wants to take bath salts before games? haha. It's just so arbitrary it is ridiculous. Draw the line at performance enhancing drugs and be done with it, leave the rest to the conferences and/or schools, I say.
The stuff wasn't against any state or fedeal laws when TM7 and company got suspended. Like the question about marujuana use for players in cali, it doesn't matter if it's "legal" or not, synthetic and real marijuana were/are prohibited by the NCAA, which is why TM7, Ware, and Simon were suspended. It's BS but when you think about it there are a lot of NCAA rules that you can break without committing a legal crime
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:17 am to GregYoureMyBoyBlue
after the Big 10's playoff views they expressed today I think it's apparent that they are the ones who need to update their testing and punishment since delaney is obviously smoking crack
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:18 am to DMagic
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My policy is smoke em if you got em
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:24 am to thatthang
I couldn't read the entire article, was to stoned 
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