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re: Arik Gilbert
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:49 am to IotaTiger
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:49 am to IotaTiger
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Like I said in other thread, he failed 4 consecutive THC test, O suspended him last 3 games lat year and was gonna sit first three this year.
Is that LSU's current drug test policy? 4 failed tests and a 7 game suspension? Everyone across the SEC has different policies so I'm genuinely curious.
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Posted on 6/2/21 at 10:16 am to Porter Osborne Jr
LSUs policy is really stupid. I THINK it’s the following
1 failed test - 1 game
2 failed tests - 3 games
3 failed tests - 6 games
4 failed tests - 9 games
5 failed tests - season
It’s something like that, and they’re obviously more lenient on certain players (tyrann Matthieu for example failed 10+, was suspended for 1 game then got kicked off the team)
ETA: the really stupid part is they test them sometimes on the Friday before the game without notice..... like the only reason behind that is to “catch” players. LSU will test football players weekly (literally) and I don’t get it. They don’t even test for weed in the NFL, NBA, or MLB anymore.
The NCAA does one test per year and it’s a one panel test, meaning it’s only testing for one drug and from what I was told by a friend of mine who was an athlete at LSU, it was usually for something more extreme like PCP or barbiturates, because the NCAA believe it or not doesn’t really want to suspend kids for doing drugs. Fulton for example was suspended for cheating his drug test, because he thought he was being tested for weed but it was a steroid test. He would have passed the steroid test.
Until LSU finally cleans out the compliance department that seemingly targets football players at a disproportionate rate (vast majority of athletes smoke weed and the football players seem to be the only ones actually getting in trouble), this stuff will continue to happen.
1 failed test - 1 game
2 failed tests - 3 games
3 failed tests - 6 games
4 failed tests - 9 games
5 failed tests - season
It’s something like that, and they’re obviously more lenient on certain players (tyrann Matthieu for example failed 10+, was suspended for 1 game then got kicked off the team)
ETA: the really stupid part is they test them sometimes on the Friday before the game without notice..... like the only reason behind that is to “catch” players. LSU will test football players weekly (literally) and I don’t get it. They don’t even test for weed in the NFL, NBA, or MLB anymore.
The NCAA does one test per year and it’s a one panel test, meaning it’s only testing for one drug and from what I was told by a friend of mine who was an athlete at LSU, it was usually for something more extreme like PCP or barbiturates, because the NCAA believe it or not doesn’t really want to suspend kids for doing drugs. Fulton for example was suspended for cheating his drug test, because he thought he was being tested for weed but it was a steroid test. He would have passed the steroid test.
Until LSU finally cleans out the compliance department that seemingly targets football players at a disproportionate rate (vast majority of athletes smoke weed and the football players seem to be the only ones actually getting in trouble), this stuff will continue to happen.
This post was edited on 6/2/21 at 10:22 am
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