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Should the NCAA set illegal drug testing guidelines and punishments that all colleges would be required to enforce? I don't ask this as to your views on drugs. I ask because the punishments and testing policies vary greatly from one school to another.. At some schools 2 positives is a 1 0r 2 game suspension with the third fail being dismissal while other schools are 3 and 4. Some are never dismissed and never suspended.
Different schools actually use this as a recruiting selling point..

Shouldn't it be the same everywhere.
Again the question isn't about legality.. The Question is should all schools be the same?
 
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Excellent question. Marijuana decriminalized in many states, but still illegal nationally. Will a Tennessee player busted for that be punished harsher than a Colorado player? Of course legal age is 21 even in the weed states.

Opiates and steroids IMO should be dealt with harsher and equally among schools. Enforcement another issue. Some schools are not that motivated to test, and if it isn't a third party testing, then can you trust the test? UT must not test often - Kelly and Jennings were smoking in the fort. They obviously weren't concerned about a pee test.

NCAA is too strong now. Probably don't need another layer of that. edit: based on previous post, looks like NCAA is involved. Didn't they bust the Fl. QB that had to quit?

Not an easy question to answer.
 
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Again the question is should each universities testing and punishment be required to be the same
 
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ptcarter said:
Excellent question. Marijuana decriminalized in many states, but still illegal nationally. Will a Tennessee player busted for that be punished harsher than a Colorado player? Of course legal age is 21 even in the weed states.

Opiates and steroids IMO should be dealt with harsher and equally among schools. Enforcement another issue. Some schools are not that motivated to test, and if it isn't a third party testing, then can you trust the test? UT must not test often - Kelly and Jennings were smoking in the fort. They obviously weren't concerned about a pee test.

NCAA is too strong now. Probably don't need another layer of that. edit: based on previous post, looks like NCAA is involved. Didn't they bust the Fl. QB that had to quit?

Not an easy question to answer.
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What if you have a prescription? Not sure how the NCAA views things.
 
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ptcarter said:
Excellent question. Marijuana decriminalized in many states, but still illegal nationally. Will a Tennessee player busted for that be punished harsher than a Colorado player? Of course legal age is 21 even in the weed states.

Opiates and steroids IMO should be dealt with harsher and equally among schools. Enforcement another issue. Some schools are not that motivated to test, and if it isn't a third party testing, then can you trust the test? UT must not test often - Kelly and Jennings were smoking in the fort. They obviously weren't concerned about a pee test.

NCAA is too strong now. Probably don't need another layer of that. edit: based on previous post, looks like NCAA is involved. Didn't they bust the Fl. QB that had to quit?

Not an easy question to answer.
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No federally illegal drugs. It's in the scholarship agreement.
 
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Make weed legal across all 50 states. Treat it just like booze - no smoking and driving - no smoking before practice and games.

There's no reason for so many young people to get in trouble for something that can be reasonably regulated.
 
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UT Hill Man said:
Make weed legal across all 50 states. Treat it just like booze - no smoking and driving - no smoking before practice and games.

There's no reason for so many young people to get in trouble for something that can be reasonably regulated.
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Hopefully legalization happens on a federal level within the next 10 years. Colorado proved that legal weed doesn't lead to drug fueled anarchy.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
If you have a prescription, then there is no issue.
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May not be an issue, but having a prescription does not always mean there is not a problem from abuse standpoint. Difficult to discern sometimes in today's society with opiod epidemic. Just making a point, not trying to be an ***.
 
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The southern states are still assbackwards and hypocritical. It's ok to have a bunch of beers and get drunk but oh my gawd...don't have any weed...it's not the type of buzz we approve of. I've seen alcohol do waaaaay more damage than marijuana ever could and I don't even use it. I strayed from your question..but I would say something uniform for all schools should be the thing that is implemented regardless of state laws.
 
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Nocleats said:
Again the question is should each universities testing and punishment be required to be the same
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of course it should, but it ain't gonna happen...legally or illegally...NCAA is more interested in money and the universities are more interested in putting their best players on the field...and of course, everybody deserves a second chance...just ask Nick...or any other coach...:)

GO VOLS!
 
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ptcarter said:
Excellent question. Marijuana decriminalized in many states, but still illegal nationally. Will a Tennessee player busted for that be punished harsher than a Colorado player? Of course legal age is 21 even in the weed states.

Opiates and steroids IMO should be dealt with harsher and equally among schools. Enforcement another issue. Some schools are not that motivated to test, and if it isn't a third party testing, then can you trust the test? UT must not test often - Kelly and Jennings were smoking in the fort. They obviously weren't concerned about a pee test.

NCAA is too strong now. Probably don't need another layer of that. edit: based on previous post, looks like NCAA is involved. Didn't they bust the Fl. QB that had to quit?

Not an easy question to answer.
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A good follow up question here is if a player is caught in TN with possession it’s a misdemeanor and will be reported whereas in Colorado it wouldn’t be a crime at all. Should UT punish said player internally?
 
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If the NCAA was in charge of this, UAB players would get tested weekly while they would test Bama players once a year (and they will give them 30 days notice).....

If the NCAA can't punish fairly, what makes you think they can run drug testing that way?
 
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