re: We may have dodged a bullet...

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A much better example is Randy Moss, who might have been the #1 overall pick but fell to #21, partly as a result of testing postive for pot during his parole for a fight he was involved in.

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Yes. Pot definitely prevented this guy from having a successful NFL career. Who is Randy Moss anyways?

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being honest about a prior mistake in an interview and getting arrested for a crime.

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This I can actually agree with. So Pratt is stupid.

He's not evil. He's not a bad seed. We didn't "dodge a bullet."

He just got caught with some pot. Half our players do it but they are just smart enough to not get caught.

And that is the difference between a Pratt and a Claude Wroten. The difference between a Randy Moss and a Ricky Williams.

But this whole....pot will ruin your career argument....is clearly just wrong. People admit to smoking it and still get drafted high. People get caught smoking it and don't get kicked out of the league.

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much better example, i'm sure the battery charges had nothing to do with his stock falling

he was kicked off 2 college teams

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He was kicked off FSU for violating his parole by smoking pot.

By the way, how many commercials have you seen Randy Moss in lately? The guy is the 2nd greatest WR in the history of football.

Anyone who doesn't believe that Dexter Pratt is throwing away $$$ needs to step away fron the bong.

To go back to the original point of the OP, we did "dodge a bullet" in that Les Miles and LSU don't want or need this kind of publicity.

Look, maybe Pratt is a really great person who made an idiotic mistake. But I promise you that Les Miles is glad that it is some other coach who has to deal with this right now.

I agree. I can't believe how naive this board is acting right now.


ETA: An extremely high percentage of pro and college players smoke. And by high I mean well over 50%.

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He was kicked off FSU for violating his parole by smoking pot.

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so how are the situations related again? Its different when someone has already had charges on them for battery. This is just some misdemeanor charge, basically the same as a stupid MIP. Did you ever drink underage?

his stock also probably dropped for his comments about the marshall plane crash. He had a ton of skeletons in his closet before the draft

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Marijuana destroys peoples lives.
It rips families apart.
It makes people do terrible things they usually wouldnt do, just get their next fix.
It takes hold of people and crushes their dreams.
Millions get additced and die every year.

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i hope you're joking

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How many of you could have gotten caught in college with pot and been arrested for the same thing?

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What the hell does this have to do with it? Absolutely nothing. It's a stupid question.

It shows what kind of character this kid is. Do you think you could go into Scott's of Jefferson's, or Shep's appartment right now and find the same thing? I say no.

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By the way, how many commercials have you seen Randy Moss in lately? The guy is the 2nd greatest WR in the history of football.

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So now its gone from "pot will prevent you from being drafted" to "pot will cost you commercial money".

I think Randy Moss will be alright with the millions he made playing football.

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we did "dodge a bullet" in that Les Miles and LSU don't want or need this kind of publicity.

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You are assuming Pratt would have been busted here. Maybe if he never goes to Stillwater, he never gets busted and nobody ever knows he smokes.

Maybe the question was stupid, but I was just stating how prevelant smoking pot is.

The 3 players you pointed out may not have pot on them at any time, and I hope they never do... I hope nobody on our team ever smokes pot, but it would be ridiculous to think that a large number of them don't do it at times.

I'm not condoning pot smoking at all (it is illegal), and someone who gets caught with it should get whatever punishment the law throws at them, but at the same time I think it's silly to think this kid will forever be a bad seed or a bad character guy because of this incident.

This thread needs to die. You guys are friggin dumbshits for talking on a national board that other recruits parents and famililies read and are talkin about LSU players smokin and what not. Do you not have a clue. Shut your G-damn mouths.

Damn skippy. Now its 12 posts. Is that better?