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RichNhansom":3hqidob0 said:Rob12":3hqidob0 said:TwistedHusky":3hqidob0 said:The NFL and the NFLPA need to get this fixed.
THE NFL should not be in the enforcement business for a substance that does not materially provide an advantage (save pain management) vs the other teams.
Losing all these players DOES detract from quality of the product on the fields and needlessly guts teams who lose talent contribution without a compensating draft pick for that time period.
I get the NFL does not want some player to spend half their time getting high instead of developing their playing ability - but it should not be all or nothing.
Seems the NFLPA should want this too. Negotiate recreational or medicinal use of Cannabis out of the agreements or make a series of financial fines tied to positive drug tests (maybe on % of contract to prevent guys with big contracts just smoking out?) to provide an incentive for players to abstain.
But all this suspension and removal from the season is overkill.
Mike
How can recreational use get approved when federally, it's an illegal substance? At the state level, it's illegal in 46 or 47 starts.
A CBA agreement in a professional sports league doesn't make it any less illegal.
I agree in large part about medicinal usage, though. But that's on the NFLPA to put in the work and get the research done so it can get approved.
It can't be approved but that doesn't mean you have to screen for it.
These guys aren't operating heavy machinery and there is no risk on the field if a player has enough in their system to test positive. I really don't know why the NFL even cares, especially considering the pain relief it can provide.
I don't use it myself but my son who has epilepsy does and there are studies out now that show it can help to prevent seizures so no way I would ask or tell my son he can't do it. He also informed his current employer before starting the job and they said just don't do it at or before work.
Your last line is the way it should be. The use of pot should be treated like alcohol from an employers stand point. If you come to work high (or drunk) it's not acceptable and will result in termination. What you do on your off time is none of our concern.