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[Thunder Good-Oil]

Or putting it another way, Auburn might be hit much harder than TN if the NCAA passes this legislation (assuming Pearl still runs his program there similarly as it was here).

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Many more states than CA and CO allow recreational use

https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Weed-Map-2023_V4.jpg?w=1581&h=1054&crop=1

I’m aware that it’s more than CA and CO. That’s why I said “like” CA and CO. But the map in your link isn’t exactly correct. Virginia still won’t have legal recreational use for another year or two.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

You sure are stuck on this bong thing aren't You ?! You obviously missed the point. No elite student athlete is going to factor in a state's legalities in respect to weed in thier decision...period.

You are wrong…period.

No point missed at all. Risk going to jail in one place while it being a legal activity in a different place for doing the exact same thing isn’t a factor?

 

[GAVol]

Can’t believe I read through all this. What a thread. This may be one of the crazier ones ever in this forum.

The logic in these threads never fails.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The overlooked irony by MB Geniuses is where the Battersea Power Station fits in popular culture.
I can't explain you would not understand.
This is not how I am. IHBCN.

 

[Chunkyvol12]

The overlooked irony by MB Geniuses is where the Battersea Power Station fits in popular culture.
I can't explain you would not understand.
This is not how I am. IHBCN.

People are not so bright.
edit: Nor are many sentiment analysis algorithms

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

People are not so bright.
edit: Nor are many sentiment analysis algorithms

I don’t trust them AI robots.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

What’s that even mean? Every other student on campus isn’t potentially going to earn 6 figures and up right after school playing a game. The regular guy majoring in engineering can be a poor physical specimen with little chance of hurting their employment prospects.

But the whole point, before the thread has been taken off the rails, is that the NCAA isn’t going to penalize S-As anymore (if the proposal is passed) and could that help with recruiting in legal states? TN will be about the last one to make it legal.



If the players are stoned they won’t be as likely to absorb the concepts being taught.



So you see zero difference between going to jail and not going to jail? Interesting.

Going to jail? Really?

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

TN v USC or UCLA or Oregon or Oregon State or Washington or Colorado or Illinois or Georgetown or Michigan/Michigan State or St John’s or Syracuse. Soon to include Virginia.

University of Montana? Back away from the bong.

You're overreacting by making it a worrisome issue

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Going to jail? Really?

You can also simply be arrested and fined. It’s still a criminal act in half the states. Especially in the southeast.

In addition the risk of having your freedom or your money taken away, there’s also a difference with availability. It’s pretty easy to walk into storefront dispensaries in places like Michigan State while in TN you have to deal with somebody committing a rather serious crime.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

You're overreacting by making it a worrisome issue

Not really. I’m simply addressing that the NCAA had kept it equal. By no longer having it as a banned substance there’d be a chasm between schools in legal states and schools in Prohibitionist states.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

You can also simply be arrested and fined. It’s still a criminal act in half the states. Especially in the southeast.

In addition the risk of having your freedom or your money taken away, there’s also a difference with availability. It’s pretty easy to walk into storefront dispensaries in places like Michigan State while in TN you have to deal with somebody committing a rather serious crime.

No, purchasing small amounts of marijuana is not a serious crime. Less than 0.01% of student athletes have been arrested for pot related crimes

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Not really. I’m simply addressing that the NCAA had kept it equal. By no longer having it as a banned substance there’d be a chasm between schools in legal states and schools in Prohibitionist states.

It's been legal in the Pacific states for awhile now. Haven't heard anyone complaining about recruiting issues

 

[Adam Sandler]

Well said TGO!
Just because others are doing it ... does not automatically make it a good thing to do. Just spit balling here: Driving your car off a California cliff, robbing convenience stores at gunpoint, sleeping on the street, test driving meth, driving under the influence, I can think of a few more if needed ..... :^)))))))

Please don’t compare those things to smoking weed. Unless you’re trying to be funny.

 

[Adam Sandler]

TN might be well positioned as the NCAA takes marijuana off of their banned substances list. Schools in legal states like CA and CO might win some recruiting battles, but TN with the opposite culture from 15 years ago (players getting baptized instead of getting arrested), might have an advantage with clearer minds on the court.

I’ll take a consensus 5 star who smokes weed over a project that doesn’t. Weed May cloud you a bit in some ways but it’s useful in other ways, and talent and hard work trumps all, weed usage et al

 

[Adam Sandler]

I think that you keep missing the question with your passionate pro marijuana stance. The NCAA looks like it is about to take it off of their banned substances list. Isn’t that potentially going to be an advantage for schools in legal states?

I think that’s overstated. If the ncaa takes it off their banned lists, coaches will essentially have the discretion to ignore it or not on a drug test. A lot of these athletes smoke weed and still pass their drug tests because of how quickly they can get it out of their system. Occasionally you get some gets caught by the cops with it but they were usually doing something else wrong in the first place in order to get pulled over and caught. Can’t fix stupid.

 

[Adam Sandler]

What’s your favorite bong verse?

Mary Jane: 420

 

[Adam Sandler]

All other things being equal, I’ll take the guys that are in Bible study the night before the game over the ones taking bong hits.

I’ll take the ones that got laid, whether it was with a nun or a dirty hippie.

 

[Adam Sandler]

What about before practice? What about while learning the offenses and defenses?

What about it ?!

Practice high, test high.

 

[GAVol]

Not really. I’m simply addressing that the NCAA had kept it equal. By no longer having it as a banned substance there’d be a chasm between schools in legal states and schools in Prohibitionist states.

Pretty sure the only chasms that exist for college students are the chasms in their brains.

 

[American_PitVol]

What about before practice? What about while learning the offenses and defenses?

We talkin about practice…not a game…but practice

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I’ll take a consensus 5 star who smokes weed over a project that doesn’t. Weed May cloud you a bit in some ways but it’s useful in other ways, and talent and hard work trumps all, weed usage et al

And the consensus 5 star that smokes weed might could want to be in a legal state where it’s sold in retail stores.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

It's been legal in the Pacific states for awhile now. Haven't heard anyone complaining about recruiting issues

Because it hasn’t been a factor when the NCAA was making it a banned substance for everybody.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

All other things being equal, I’ll take the guys that are in Bible study the night before the game over the ones taking bong hits.

And you'll lose most of the time if this your thought process

 

[VolDaddy61]

And the consensus 5 star that smokes weed might could want to be in a legal state where it’s sold in retail stores.

You really don't know how this works at all do You ?!