Can We Talk About No Suspensions for the Devil's Lettuce?

Hopefully they finally booted those bums in compliance

Miriam is gone. Funny how we don't have any ridiculous suspensions for compliance now.

The team's weed is now medicinal use only

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The team's weed is now medicinal use only

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Smart!!!

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This is the first year I can remember where we didn't have the "mysterious" suspensions for the sticky icky. Both Emery and Bernard-Converse were academics. I don't recall any other major suspensions - specifically for weed.

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Just because we didn’t hear about it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. We had several players miss games—injury could have just been the cover. Or not. Just saying with this staff, it’s not something we’d know. They don’t let that kind of stuff get out. Now, it’s certainly not nearly as many (if any at all), so no matter, Kelly’s culture is clearly being bought in to, and that’s outstanding.

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It looks like Bo Bahnsen is still in his role. Guess he decided to shape up rather than ship out

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You sure about that?


Tiger Droppings thread on Bahnsen's Retirement

I am willing to go out on a limb and say the difference is the testing policy not college kids are smoking less.

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Kelly on JBC

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JBC out for Texas A&M game

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Not sure what you’re trying to communicate here. I wasn’t suggesting JBC—or ANYBODY in particular, or even at all—was suspended for weed and Kelly lied about it, saying it was injury. Just saying I think that is more likely the way he’s do it if forced to address it.

But I think if it was anybody, it’s more likely to have been guys that didn’t play much anyway, and Kelly wouldn’t have needed to address it at all. Just saying while it’s obviously not a problem—and that is incredible and says a lot about Kelly’s buy-in—I’m not naive enough to say that just because we didn’t hear about it doesn’t mean it never happened. Doesn’t mean it did, either.

Rule changes in Feb 2022:

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Current NCAA weed policies Smoking weed occasionally will not trigger positive THC test as of two months ago JAKE HULL Cannabis is becoming an integrated part of the lives of many college students. Until recently, the NCAA policies on cannabis have been strict and harsh.

In 2014, the policy for testing positive for cannabis was an immediate suspension for the remainder of the season. Later in the year, the NCAA ruled cannabis was not a performance-enhancing drug. The NCAA loosened their punishment to only half a season suspension for the first offense.

This change only occurred in states where cannabis was legal in 2014 — if tested positive for weed in an illegal state, athletes could have suspensions and even jail time.

Those were the most recent weed-related policies until February 2022, when the NCAA came out with new policies and procedures for student athletes who test positive for cannabis in season.

Now, college athletes can have more weed in their system before it triggers a positive test. College athletes also may not serve suspensions for first offenses.

Up until February 2022, an athlete could test positive for 35 nanograms per milliliter of weed. That has been upped to 150 nanograms per milliliter, which is in line with the World Anti-Doping Agency. The new limit, 150 nanograms per milliliter, is equivalent to a dedicated cannabis consumer, according to a former executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

If an athlete tests positive for weed for the first time, the punishment is now attending and completing the university’s management plan and education. The athletes do not lose any collegiate eligibility for the second positive test if they complied with the management plan the first time. If the athlete did not complete the university’s management plan after the first positive test and tests positive a second time, they would miss the next quarter of all regular season games. If the athlete tested positive a third time and completed the previous two management plans, there are no suspensions. If they do not comply a third time, they miss the next 50% of regular season games.

These NCAA changes come after professional leagues changed their cannabis policies. The NBA got rid of weed testing altogether, and the MLB removed it from their Prohibited Substances list.

As cannabis becomes legal in more states, NCAA regulations will likely become less restrictive.

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I agree with NCAA. Pot should be 100 legal though.

My problem…. What do they do for underaged drinking which kills many college kids every year, DUI’s kill too many!!

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Link: Article

How does it work if the players get a prescription?

Can’t smoke weed but we will hop you up on pain meds.