OT: Mitch McGary to NBA after one year ban from NCAA

[alfonse]

I have no idea what point Fran was trying to make there.

That if you do drugs you will probably kill someone at any moment since we all make sure to fly commercial aircraft immediately after doing those drugs. Its fine to do that drunk though

 

[intlzncster]

I mean honestly, at what point does the NCAA just collapse into itself and die through sheer stupidity? It's like there's a competition amongst the employees there who can create and enforce the most idiotic rule or judgment that finally jumps the shark and kills the NCAA once and for all.

It's doing that as we speak. Might take a while, but it's definitely collapsing inwards.

 

[Inyatkin]

Let's not forget that Mitch could have killed someone...

Fran Fraschilla ‏@franfraschilla 5m
I guess the NCAA is wrong about drug bans now, too. I'll remember that the next time I get on a flight and my pilot is high.

Good point, Fran. Let's be sure to ban beer, too, just in case some pilot gets drunk someday.

 

[intlzncster]

i don't smoke... cigs or mar.... but this country and its establishments have no clue when it comes to the "gateway drug".....

should be legal in every state... taxed like crazy.. and treated like alcohol... driving under influence etc...

Keep it illegal to grow.....without license... if licensed tax the outa em...

Tax it, definitely. Tax the hell out of it? No. Then you just drive it back underground. People get fined and eventually go to jail and it becomes a burden again. I don't think it should be illegal to grow your own though. Same way I don't think it should be illegal to grow your own food (which is taxed, etc) or collect your own rainwater (which is ridiculous imo).

Should definitely be approved for pain medication everywhere at the bare minimum. I mean which is worse, popping oxy/percocet/vicodin to deal with pain, or smoking some marijuana? The answer is pretty clear.

 

[upstater]

He admitted to smoking once in his press conference, so this isn't a case of second hand smoke. I think you'd have to be hanging out on Snoop and Willie Nelsons tour bus for a month to actually test positive from second hand, but no scientific knowledge behind that

I know that, but I'm just saying that this could happen to someone. Again, if it's a pee test, secondhand isn't going to show up. A blood test? Yes, it will show up, and you don't have to ave been on a tour bus.

 

[HuskyHoosier]

if they NCAA is truly serious about these checks, how come you dont hear more about this in football?

 

[intlzncster]

During tournaments and bowl games the NCAA takes over testing. If you get caught by the NCAA you get banned for a year (although that will change to 1/2 a year in August).

If you get caught any other time during the year by your school the punishment is up to the school.

Which is another completely arbitrary (and dumb) practice.

 

[Robertelamin]

During tournaments and bowl games the NCAA takes over testing. If you get caught by the NCAA you get banned for a year (although that will change to 1/2 a year in August).

If you get caught any other time during the year by your school the punishment is up to the school.

Didn't know that, thanks. Seems stupid to test the kid on the team that was out for the season and couldn't play.

 

[UconnU]

a year?? seems really excessive. I would imagine the majority of college athletes smoke weed occasionally.

 

[Tbone4457]

Yet another example of why the NCAA should cease to exist. It isn't just that they are power crazed money hungry parasites, but they are also incompetent. They just pushed out a kid who would have had a stellar year and made them insane amounts of money. How exactly does this insane and arcane ruling help the student or the university? (Even a half year ban is just crazy.)

Each conference needs to release a statement that they will no longer follow the NCAA rules, but instead follow their own conference rules. Then put together a tournament at the end of the year. After all, what exactly does the NCAA do nowadays except enforce idiotic rules and collect money? Each conference can send a rep to a new national group truly controlled by the colleges and universities that can put an end to the nonsense.

 

[MattMang23]

The NCAA is so absurd. They just changed the rule/penalty but refuse to use the new penalty here.

They love some retroactive absurd penalties.

It sucks for McGary, but his punishment is NOT retroactive. He was sanctioned by the rules as they were the day he failed his test.

 

[jfuchs91]

Testing positive for marijuana has the same punishment as testing positive for heroin.

That's just wrong.

 

[bballgrda]

The way the NCAA enforces their policy is laughable. They punished us retroactively, yet wouldn't help him out in the same way. It seems their goal is to see how long they can piss people off and take it the cash.

 

[Mots010]

Wasnt he a projected lottery pick last year? I bet he's regretting his decision to return to Michigan!

 

[tcf15]

Wasnt he a projected lottery pick last year? I bet he's regretting his decision to return to Michigan!

Yeah, this is like one part cautionary tale of returning to school and one part NCAA incompetence.

 

[CTfan07]

A very large chunk of college athletes would not be eligible to play next year if testing for marijuana was more universally applied.

The NCAA is crumbling, it's only a matter of time.

 

[ChrisSmith]

I thought players' draft stock could only go up if they came back to school? Or does that only apply to UConn players?

 

[traitor71]

This is comical because the penalty is handed down by an organization that is supposed to want players to stay in school. Way to hand down a penalty that does just the opposite.

 

[champs99and04]

It sucks for McGary, but his punishment is NOT retroactive. He was sanctioned by the rules as they were the day he failed his test.

And that's what's so painfully ironic. Now they decide to grandfather in the rule, when it's not to the benefit of the student-athlete. It's the type of subjective bull s*** and transparent spitefulness the NCAA gets off on.

 

[MattMang23]

And that's what's so painfully ironic. Now they decide to grandfather in the rule, when it's not to the benefit of the student-athlete. It's the type of subjective bull s* and transparent spitefulness the NCAA gets off on.

Right, but I felt like the poster was alluding to our sanctions and comparing them to McGary's when he said the NCAA loves retroactive penalties. They probably do. But this isn't retroactive.

 

[Gregory Koch]

Is this a new rule? We have had guys that tested positive for pot but it was handled internally. There was not a 1 year ban.

It's only if you test positive at a championship event (i.e. tournament.) The NCAA does not conduct drug tests during the regular season.

 

[NightDog]

Yet another example of why the NCAA should cease to exist. It isn't just that they are power crazed money hungry parasites, but they are also incompetent. They just pushed out a kid who would have had a stellar year and made them insane amounts of money. How exactly does this insane and arcane ruling help the student or the university? (Even a half year ban is just crazy.)

Each conference needs to release a statement that they will no longer follow the NCAA rules, but instead follow their own conference rules. Then put together a tournament at the end of the year. After all, what exactly does the NCAA do nowadays except enforce idiotic rules and collect money? Each conference can send a rep to a new national group truly controlled by the colleges and universities that can put an end to the nonsense.

Looking forward to the day that the NCAA plays the Joe Pesci part from Casino in the cornfield.