LSU Substance Abuse Policy

done for the year

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Can you summarize what is expected penalty?

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First offense...treatment, blah, blah, blah plus coach's discretion.

Second offense...15% of contests or 30 days.

Third offense...one year.

Second offense was up to 15% of contests or up to 30 days.

Is this 2nd offense?

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UP TO

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People, don't forget these words.

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Second offense...15% of contests or 30 days.

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Sorry - I'm an attorney - "up to" 15% or "up to" 30 days is not the same thing as 15% or 30 days.

1 game might be sufficient, with the next 1 being a year, the following 1 is "have a nice life".

Let's not make more out of this than it is. Is what they did (if accurate, synthetic weed, which is a terrible marketing campaign for a terrible product) better, worse or about the same as Cliff Harris?

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You rounded up?

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Suspension from up to 15% (rounding method used) of countable contests and/or suspension up to 30 days or combination thereof upon recommendation of treatment team.

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Is it based on entire season or remaining games. If remaining games a one game suspension would be on target

The policy suggests that athletes are subject to both NCAA testing and LSU aministered testing. My guess is that a member institutions's policy must be at least as stringent as the NCAA's policy. Or, perhaps the NCAA follows the member institution's policy.

Based upon my reading of the policy, it can be inferred that this is either a first or second violation. A third violation would have automatically resulted in a "[o]ne-year suspension from competition." In other words, the player(s) involved would be finished for the rest of the season and, possibly, at LSU. In my opinion only, this is a second violation because there is a suspension.