Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Alabama-based attorney Don Jackson spoke to NOLA.com this week and said that he is "optimistic" a resolution could be coming soon regarding the NCAA suspension of LSU cornerback Kristian Fulton.

Fulton received a two-year suspension from the NCAA for violating the NCAA Drug-Testing protocol back in January 2017. The Fulton family hired Jackson last year to represent their son and filed a "reconsideration" appeal to get him eligible for the 2018 season. Per NOLA.com:
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Based on new evidence Jackson is presenting to the NCAA, he feels optimistic he could hear something before the season.

Jackson also says there is a new contact person on the case, and there are plans for a committee to evaluate the new evidence in the near future. Jackson believes an answer could come within 2-3 weeks but possibly even sooner.
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EXCESSIVE PENALTY.......how about the Bama player caught with MJ and gun in LA.and gets no time...... need to move SEC commission office to BR from Birmingham and we could get good deals too
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I'm ready for Fulton to be a member of the LSU Fightin' Tigers in 2018.
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Right there with ya
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I just don't get it Marijuana is illegal but Alcohol, Cigarettes and Opioids are all legal if you judge by damage to life Mary Jane would be way low on this list I guaran-fricking-tee it. The most you get from smoking weed is the munches you get arrested for DUI, DWI and drunk while in public and so many people die in alcohol related accidents. And the biggest murderers in this country is cigarette companies I still don't understand why cigarettes are legal. And so many people are ODing on opioids that they are changing laws to fight it. But cigarette companies, alcohol distributors and drug companies are not held accountable but you go to jail or you get suspended or get fired from your job for smoking a joint it just don't make no sense.
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Agree 100% with you King Nola, but his suspension was for trying to evade/falsifying a drug test, not for MJ. They weren't even testing for that. If he would have taken it, and failed it for MJ, his punishment would have been much less severe.
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That's what Lawyers do....pump sunshine!!!
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This would be huge. O is getting some chips to fall his way recently.
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Anybody know what kind of drugs he was using? Were they enhancing his performance or just something like marijuana?
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MJ
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his pee test was nagetive
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From what I've read, he'd smoked a little Mary Jane (no big deal, but against rules and still illegal, so it was dumb). He was going to use substitute/fake pee and was seen with a cup of it, so he poured it out and used his own urine. He passed the test (came up negative), BUT like Bill Clinton lying about his sexual relations with "that woman," the ban is for attempting to cheat the test (for Bill, perjury).
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according to your standard. Without turning this into an argument b/w you and I and others. We may disagree certainly. But we don’t regulate our moral compass or lack there of based solely upon our definition of what is fair or right. The only standard then is our own and comparison. There are rules. What I find really interesting is a touchdown isn’t much up to our own definition of what a touchdown is. It’s clearly written out what it is and what it isn’t. Thankfully we have replay. But those refs are doing there job. I get what you are saying. There are circumstances and maybe even an inability to overturn a touchdown— whatever. All I am saying is he wouldn’t be in this situation if he didn’t break a rule. Maybe even other younger athletes and us can learn that we don’t have to do the time if we make better choices that would keep us out of the situation in the first place. Lot of time for this young man to allow it to not only get his attention but let him feel it. Maybe the length shapes his future decisions. I know we agree on the majority here.
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Well eat it I gave information you don’t like it so be ms perf
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Nickel to a bucket of shitz many don’t have a clue. Kristian will be fine!
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Yes there are consequences to poor decisions. A 2 year penalty is absurd. He didn’t commit a crime. Let’s keep things In perspective. 1 year is PLENTY severe. His future is most likely as a professional athlete. There is no justification for a 2 year penalty for this. Can’t say this enough...frick the NCAA.
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Dammit I replied to the wrong person
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He did indeed commit a crime. That’s what he was hiding from that led to the bad decision to try to cheat in the first place. Do I think the consequences are fair? Can’t say. Sometimes the act of attempting to cheat and getting caught is punishment enough with little other consequences. Lord knows I did my fair share of questionable things while I was in school. Did I know it was wrong? Hell yeah. Were the consequences worth the risk? Hell yeah because I didn’t get caught!
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Alabama based attorney? Oh Boy
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I saw that and said “of course.” Lol
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I mean it’s just ironic is all that the fukin attorney has to be someone from Bama
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Maybe their using the guy that got Tim Williams off after he was caught with MJ and a gun.....zero time missed. He's good.
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Reading some of the comments and following this for years. It’s almosy humorous now a days that someone cal break the rules and the comments about excessive punishment and comparisons to other cases that have similar but probably significant differences. The easiest dialogue should be, if person x doesn’t do x then there is no need for any punishment. No need for comparison to any other case. Why aren’t we gently suggesting that there are consequences to choices. After all, he made a choice. Let’s start there. I get it. He is being made to understand the severity of the choice he Meade and they are equally strongly suggesting to other athletes. No poor choice, no worries. Poor choices have consequences.
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OK, when you make the choice to jaywalk and we lock you up for a year, don't be the bitch you already are. You made a choice and poor choices have consequences.
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Okay yeauxkneauxit, let's start there! He is being punished for an attempt to do wrong! If you read the article that Sports Illustrated released. He never used the substance he was given because the person was looking directly at him. His own urine was used, bottom line! Again, he is being punished for an attempt!!
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When I read this I pictured Clark Duke playing Sim City in John Cusack’s basement on Hot Tub Time Machine.
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Close to being over. Not close to getting a good result.
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Rooting for Kristian. Punishment was excessive to begin with. Time for the NCAA to be reasonable.
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Ridiculous penalty to begin with. Hopefully the NCAA does the right thing.
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team vote?
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Typical lawyer speak. They are always optimistic until the end. Given the circumstances I still think the chances are slim. However, I personally think a year sitting out should satisfy regardless. 2 years is a very overwhelming obstacle to a future career for someone who is still developing into an adult. If he wins this will be a big relief at a position of need.
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You care about position and politics! I care about my son and his future. So I’m going to say this for the last time. What would Jesus do?
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He made a mistake. We all do. He's done what he was expected to do and deserves a second chance sooner than 2 years. I understand what he did, but come on, 2 damn years for that? Lol, Oregon states pitcher heimlich molested his 6 year old niece when he was in high school, got convicted, and when it was made public to the nation a year ago he didn't even have any penalty? This is bull shite. He should win this appeal and be eligible. He's very talented and would help us out tremendously as well, but that's not why he should be cleared to play, it's because 2 years suspended for what he did is ridiculous.
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He made a mistake. We all do. He's done what he was expected to do and deserves a second chance sooner than 2 years. I understand what he did, but come on, 2 damn years for that? Lol, Oregon states pitcher heimlich molested his 6 year old niece when he was in high school, got convicted, and when it was made public to the nation a year ago he didn't even have any penalty? This is bull shite. He should win this appeal and be eligible. He's very talented and would help us out tremendously as well, but that's not why he should be cleared to play, it's because 2 years suspended for what he did is ridiculous.
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We comin'
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Huge if true
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Big if factual
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Large if legitimate.
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Astronomical if accurate
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Perfect are you.! Ha we must learn from our mistakes
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I am apprehensive. We neeeeeeeed him, but there are rules.
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Agreed
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And the punishment does not fit the crime
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Agreed, jdrn21. I'm saying that, from what I understand, technically, the punishment is on the books. It could absolutely be enforced.
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