re: Should our compliance office lessen the penalty for positive marijuana test

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Should our compliance office lessen the penalty for positive marijuana test

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Yes.

Keep testing, bring the stated penalties down to the level of our competition. Would give the coaches the ability to moderate the penalty.

There is no NCAA standard to worry about. The reason I mention this is because infractions where you do have to worry about NCAA penalties, on the program, you should have mandatory triggers. Example: academic eligibility. Whole program is at risk if not maintained, so might as well mandate suspensions.

From what I understand, it takes several fails to get multiple game suspensions which is fairly lax in most of our opinions. We do not know the frequency of testing however.

But still, "lax" should be put in context. That context is formed by the law and our peers/competition. If they piss hot combined with an arrest/citation, by all means ramp it up. But without a legal violation we should be doing what our peers do.

The joke of this is that some schools have very harsh penalties for pissing hot. But have no testing regime. So unless busted by the law, those penalties never come into play. But they will cite their "harshness" for PR value but no one ever questions why it never comes to fruition. (Ole Miss??)

I'd hate to see LSU go that route. So I say test, but put the penalties in the hands of the law and coaches. At least the staff knows who is doing it and can watch for other issues, such as late to meetings, etc.