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re: What is the justification for drug testing football players for non-performance enhancing.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:21 pm to The First Cut
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:21 pm to The First Cut
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The justification is that players gain an unfair advantage by using PEDs. How hard is this to comprehend?
You obviously didn't read the OP. We are not talking about PEDs, we are talking about "street drugs"
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Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:22 pm to beauxroux
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Some might say there is a safety issue involved. Pretty sure it's scientifically accepted that drunk/high people have slower reaction times and their inhibitions are lowered making them dangerous risk takers and more likely to get injured.
Please don't argue to expand the NCAA's reach.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:22 pm to tigbit
They didn't test for street drugs.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:23 pm to tigbit
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The purpose of the drug-testing program is to deter student-athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs, and it impacts the eligibility of student-athletes who try to cheat by using banned substances. The NCAA tests for steroids, peptide hormones and masking agents year-round and also tests for stimulants and recreational drugs during championships. Member schools also may test for these substances as part of their athletics department drug-deterrence programs.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:23 pm to The First Cut
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They didn't test for street drugs.
Didn't realize this. So I guess it's the individual schools that test for weed then?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:24 pm to lsu2006
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Didn't realize this. So I guess it's the individual schools that test for weed then?
Yes. The NCAA is not the police state that people think they are. Their scope is limited to ensuring fair competition. There's no advantage to one using weed.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:25 pm to tigbit
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So, do they then not test for these substances in states where they are legal? Yes, they do. So, the fact that they are illegal can not be the driving force. I am looking for their legal justification, not just "because the NCAA says so"
An organization can have a more restrictive drug policy than what is allowed by law. Here in Colorado there are plenty of companies that prohibit marijuana use even though it's legal here. Also, even though it's legal in the eyes of the state, it's still illegal in the eyes of the federal government.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:26 pm to The First Cut
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There's no advantage to one using weed.
Other than it being a non-addictive pain reliever/sedative.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:26 pm to The First Cut
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Please don't argue to expand the NCAA's reach.
Not arguing to expand anything. OP wanted legal reason. Here it is: University could open itself up to huge liability if some impaired (by drugs or alcohol) player injured or was injured.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:27 pm to MountainTiger
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Here in Colorado there are plenty of companies that prohibit marijuana use even though it's legal here. Also, even though it's legal in the eyes of the state, it's still illegal in the eyes of the federal government.
You can still get in trouble just blowing down in public. Yeah it's legal to purchase, but not to consume anywhere you please.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:28 pm to lsu2006
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Other than it being a non-addictive pain reliever/sedative
That's Saban's argument for allowing weed - it's better than using opioids.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:28 pm to lsu2006
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They didn't test for street drugs.
Didn't realize this. So I guess it's the individual schools that test for weed then?
This is not true.
• NCAA championship and postseason bowl-game
testing may test for all banned drug classes, and
include tests for street/illicit drugs and stimulants.
source: LINK
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:29 pm to beauxroux
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Not arguing to expand anything. OP wanted legal reason. Here it is: University could open itself up to huge liability if some impaired (by drugs or alcohol) player injured or was injured.
Universities test (and often turn a blind eye to failed tests) but the NCAA doesn't test for recreational drugs until championships, as another poster noted.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:30 pm to dgnx6
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The purpose of the drug-testing program is to deter student-athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs, and it impacts the eligibility of student-athletes who try to cheat by using banned substances. The NCAA tests for steroids, peptide hormones and masking agents year-round and also tests for stimulants and recreational drugs during championships. Member schools also may test for these substances as part of their athletics department drug-deterrence programs.
Yes, but this also applies: NCAA championship and postseason bowl-game
testing may test for all banned drug classes, and
include tests for street/illicit drugs and stimulants.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:30 pm to tigbit
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quote:
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They didn't test for street drugs.
Didn't realize this. So I guess it's the individual schools that test for weed then?
This is not true.
• NCAA championship and postseason bowl-game
testing may test for all banned drug classes, and
include tests for street/illicit drugs and stimulants.
source: LINK
What I posed IS true - they didn't test him for recreational drugs. It wasn't bowl season.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:31 pm to tigbit
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NCAA championship and postseason bowl-game
testing may test for all banned drug classes, and
include tests for street/illicit drugs and stimulant
I forget the name, but that pitcher got popped taking Adderall, pretty sure he missed the regionals or cws. Wasn't too long ago.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:31 pm to dgnx6
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You can still get in trouble just blowing down in public. Yeah it's legal to purchase, but not to consume anywhere you please.
That's also true.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:34 pm to tigbit
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Yes, but this also applies: NCAA championship and postseason bowl-game
testing may test for all banned drug classes, and
include tests for street/illicit drugs and stimulants.
Yeah, I quoted the NCAA website.
I'm all for legalizing weed, but amphetamines are performance enhancing, and extremely fricking dangerous. Ephedra was banned because kids were basically having heart attacks out in the heat.
It's a safety issue. I think your issue is testing for pot. Which is not what Fulton was being tested for by the NCAA.
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:39 pm to tigbit
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What is the justification for drug testing football players for non-performance enhancing.
..drugs? I can see if the drug gives a competitive advantage, then the NCAA has to stop cheating. But, the tests for other drugs, that are not performance enhancing, but are illegal - what is the reason? Shouldn't they have to test all students and not single out the athletes of major sports?
what is the justification for this thread?
the NCAA was not testing Fulton for weed. that is the whole problem. No one from LSU told Fulton, "relax panama red, theyre not testing for weed"
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:44 pm to The First Cut
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That's Saban's argument for allowing weed - it's better than using opioids.
hes right too.
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