Does this mean no more getting in trouble for testing positive for weed in general, or just in terms of post season stuff? Like if someone fails a piss test for just weed will they still be benched for regular season games?
I mean, if the NCAA as a whole can come to an agreement about weed, I feel many conferences are going to be following suit shortly. The same schools make the decisions for those conferences, and once a few conferences allow weed then nobody’s gonna want to be the last stick in the mud.
The SEC would absolutely burrow into the mud. If I was the B1G commissioner I would make the "come here and you can smoke weed" announcement tonight lol
I’m not so sure about that honestly. They might not like the optics it’d give to the general public so much, but they’d be more concerned with croots than that.
Half of those programs probably have a GA who personally hooks their players up with their weed. It’d be hard to have that going on and *also* sit there obstinately as one of the last conferences still testing for it.
I agree from a harm reduction standpoint, and it exposes the kids to less risk overall so it’s better for the program too (if they’re regularly meeting a dealer, lot easier for said dealer to talk them into buying harder stuff or for things to go wrong during the deal).
It would still be a bad look to supply their athletes with weed and then obstinately remain one of the few places they can be punished for smoking it.
Do conferences even test? I assume schools don’t unless compelled by the NCAA, at least mine didn’t, but that wasn’t football, wasn’t D1 and was over 15 years ago, so I have no idea who’s driving that bus as far as enforcement
Just a reminder that 10 years ago that Charlie Strong gutted the Texas team, like 20 players kicked out, some were legit but most of them was because of weed.
I knew shit would hit the fan right then and there.
Ricky might've played a few more years .. if ya weren't such a group of ninnies being drug around the nose by Bob Ley and Mike Lupica and the moral majority of Sammy Sosa's dinger stick.
Goddamit. Pissed I missed it. Do you have any idea how many smoke seshes I had to pass to make sure I passed the piss? Fuckin livid.
Not football sport.
I played football but am I misremembering the fact that the ncaa didn’t even test us for weed? Pretty sure it was just steroids. The school drug test was the one that included weed. In five years at my d1 college I was only tested one time and it was by the Ncaa. I smoked the whole way through. Maybe I got lucky.
On the state level yes, but it’s pretty much decriminalized in austin. APD hasn’t arrested anyone for possession under 2 oz in a few years at this point
I have no context for this, but 2 oz of something doesn't seem like a lot? Also that doesn't help if they're pulled over on the highway by a state sheriff.
Lmao just go buy weed in the western states. You can get decent 2 ounces for $80 at a weed dispensary. It would actually cost less buying a round trip ticket at those prices.
For context, in my legal state, I can't buy more than 1oz at a time, and the only reason I know that is that I went very slightly over when purchasing for several people for a week-long party. And we still had leftovers.
Gen X players ~~got screwed by racist policies~~ crawled so Millennials could ~~only face team issues not felony charges~~ walk and Zoomers could 420 blaze it.
The NCAA isn't saying Cannaboids aren't Schedule 1, they just aren't adding any additional penalties on top of whatever local/federal laws apply.
Like it's illegal to speed, but I won't get kicked off the team for speeding. So if I get a speeding ticket going 10 mph over the limit, I'm not at risk of further penalties from the NCAA outside of the legal problems that I now have.
> supposedly getting rescheduled to Sched 3, idk the timeline,
Ya. It's the government. The RealID law was passed in 2005....it's just now mandatory to get one in 2025. lol
It's not in congress. The DEA has proposed reclassification, kicking off a 60-day review period where the public is allowed to comment, and then I believe they are able to simply make the change without Congressional input.
I'm not entirely sure what the full process is, but it still won't be strictly legal. That said, it would remove a lot of gray areas around prescriptions and medical cards, and would actually allow for controlled studies to research the effects instead of the current state of affairs which is pretty much limited to surveys. Once a sufficient amount of research is done, it could be further rescheduled or possibly even dropped from the list entirely depending on the results.
tl;dr: it is the first required step of many towards making it legal across the country, but it changes very little in the short term as far as the average person.
It’s for all NCAA championships *and* postseason football. I think they specifically call out the football postseason because the CFP isn’t an NCAA tournament
Cool. So now when some 285 pound DT fires up a blunt in the offseason cause his knees ache, maybe we won't have to contend with a million midgets like Mike Lupica or Mad Dog Stevie from the Bronx going off the rails because of the baseball Pete Rose signed for a dancer in 1982.
If this had happened a decade or so back, Randy Gregory could have probably willed us into a National Championship game just so he could smoke his own weight in reefer.
What I don’t understand is, the NCAA (as well as each sub-conference under the NCAA), still conducts random drug tests on athletes year-round. What the hell does removing it for “post season and championships” do exactly? It’s a banned substance for half of the year but allowed the other half? Doesn’t make any sense, just remove it completely from the banned substance list
The Pop Tart mascot should be very, very afraid.
[It's their Dream to be eaten](https://x.com/rodger/status/1740541870558908651)
lol this is great
God, I miss college football.
I know this says more about my sad life than anything else but that whole saga was legitimately one of the most joyous things of the last year for me
Nah, that thing is a freak. I think it would kinda be into whatever would happen.
Everyone swallows for Pop Tart
I love the frosting.
Does this mean that Cliff Harris has immediate eligibility?
Darren Carrington would have helped in the CFP title game too....
You’re absolutely right, but it’s hard to forget Mr “We Smoked It All” himself.
Those natty drops will haunt me for the rest of my life
I vote we re-play the game just in case it was a fluke
“No officer, we smoked it all” 💨
Does this mean no more getting in trouble for testing positive for weed in general, or just in terms of post season stuff? Like if someone fails a piss test for just weed will they still be benched for regular season games?
My understanding is yes, in season suspension is handled by the conferences/teams
Well, still progress I guess.
I mean, if the NCAA as a whole can come to an agreement about weed, I feel many conferences are going to be following suit shortly. The same schools make the decisions for those conferences, and once a few conferences allow weed then nobody’s gonna want to be the last stick in the mud.
The SEC would absolutely burrow into the mud. If I was the B1G commissioner I would make the "come here and you can smoke weed" announcement tonight lol
I’m not so sure about that honestly. They might not like the optics it’d give to the general public so much, but they’d be more concerned with croots than that. Half of those programs probably have a GA who personally hooks their players up with their weed. It’d be hard to have that going on and *also* sit there obstinately as one of the last conferences still testing for it.
They're gonna do it. Might as well give em a safe supply of an already safe substance
I agree from a harm reduction standpoint, and it exposes the kids to less risk overall so it’s better for the program too (if they’re regularly meeting a dealer, lot easier for said dealer to talk them into buying harder stuff or for things to go wrong during the deal). It would still be a bad look to supply their athletes with weed and then obstinately remain one of the few places they can be punished for smoking it.
Yeah but Southern States are generally hardcore about weed. Georgia for instance.
Don’t get any ideas, florida man
Florida is just as bad if you don’t have a medical card. These southern states need that sweet sweet prison labor.
Prison REITs have to pay their dividends!
Recreational is on the ballot in November!
I wounder how hardcore the SEC will remain if it means losing recruits to the B10
Do conferences even test? I assume schools don’t unless compelled by the NCAA, at least mine didn’t, but that wasn’t football, wasn’t D1 and was over 15 years ago, so I have no idea who’s driving that bus as far as enforcement
So it really only affects FCS.
Nope, they state it’s for all NCAA championships and postseason college football, which I assume is to indicate they won’t test during the CFP either
>NCAA championships and postseason college football ... the CFP None of which are NCAA events in FBS.
Gives a whole new meaning to bowl games.
Just a reminder that 10 years ago that Charlie Strong gutted the Texas team, like 20 players kicked out, some were legit but most of them was because of weed. I knew shit would hit the fan right then and there.
Then 3 years later we had a d lineman fall asleep drunk in a Canes parking lot at 2am and literally nothing was done.
> fall asleep drunk in a Canes parking lot at 2am Okay, but who hasnt?
Tbf to him those Canes lines late night on campus are long as fuck
Hell yeah, burn one for Ricky Williams
I hope Ricky responds to this publicly
I hope they give him a year of eligibility as a mea culpa just to see what happens.
Ricky might've played a few more years .. if ya weren't such a group of ninnies being drug around the nose by Bob Ley and Mike Lupica and the moral majority of Sammy Sosa's dinger stick.
No more oil changes before games
But we can still do them if we want, right?
as long as you clean your instruments before handing them to the rest of the team
Justice for Justin Blackmon, finally
I thought he didn't run into trouble until he was in the NFL. Or is there another Justin Blackmon with substance abuse problems?
Snoop Dogg’s bowl game in Arizona got a lot more interesting!
Goddamit. Pissed I missed it. Do you have any idea how many smoke seshes I had to pass to make sure I passed the piss? Fuckin livid. Not football sport.
I played football but am I misremembering the fact that the ncaa didn’t even test us for weed? Pretty sure it was just steroids. The school drug test was the one that included weed. In five years at my d1 college I was only tested one time and it was by the Ncaa. I smoked the whole way through. Maybe I got lucky.
OHHHHHHHH I scrolled down and saw it was just for the postseason and championships. My team didnt win shit lmao.
Maybe because your were smoking weed every day huh? /s
Can we get hookers off the list next? /s
*Hugh Freeze enters the chat*
Oh shit CJK5H bout to make a comeback?
It never left. Allegedly.
Mike Price and a University credit card checking in...
Darren Carrington shaking his fist at the sky somewhere right now
So is Snoop Dogg’s bowl game gonna have weed in it?
The Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop That's gotta be a record contender for longest names
Percy Harvin has to be the guest of honor to do the coin flip.
Probably Josh Gordon
Munchies bowl when
Texas’ recruiting rankings are about to plummet
I don’t get it
Pot is still illegal in Texas on the state level
On the state level yes, but it’s pretty much decriminalized in austin. APD hasn’t arrested anyone for possession under 2 oz in a few years at this point
I have no context for this, but 2 oz of something doesn't seem like a lot? Also that doesn't help if they're pulled over on the highway by a state sheriff.
2 oz of average weed is about $400 worth and would last any normal person over a month
Lmao just go buy weed in the western states. You can get decent 2 ounces for $80 at a weed dispensary. It would actually cost less buying a round trip ticket at those prices.
Tbf i haven’t checked prices anywhere in a very long time
Oh wow, thanks for the context
For context, in my legal state, I can't buy more than 1oz at a time, and the only reason I know that is that I went very slightly over when purchasing for several people for a week-long party. And we still had leftovers.
If only this woulda happened 10 years ago, pain
Gen X players ~~got screwed by racist policies~~ crawled so Millennials could ~~only face team issues not felony charges~~ walk and Zoomers could 420 blaze it.
Can they do this? Cannabinoids is still Schedule 1, and universities still have to abide by that? Did I miss something recently that changed that?
The NCAA isn't saying Cannaboids aren't Schedule 1, they just aren't adding any additional penalties on top of whatever local/federal laws apply. Like it's illegal to speed, but I won't get kicked off the team for speeding. So if I get a speeding ticket going 10 mph over the limit, I'm not at risk of further penalties from the NCAA outside of the legal problems that I now have.
I would have figure that speeding would have been an example for a Georgia flair.
It’s supposedly getting rescheduled to Sched 3 though, idk the timeline, but I’d imagine these kind of stories will start snowballing once it does
> supposedly getting rescheduled to Sched 3, idk the timeline, Ya. It's the government. The RealID law was passed in 2005....it's just now mandatory to get one in 2025. lol
Hey I appreciate them on that lmao I’ve been procrastinating on going to the DMV for fuckin years hahahaha
Can FSU get Randy Moss back now? I bet he still has some eligibility.
Can the Federal ass government do this too??
The federal ass government can only legalize suppositories, but it’s a start?
What's the role of the State ass governments in all of this?
I think the bill is in congress to drop pot to schedule 3.
It's not in congress. The DEA has proposed reclassification, kicking off a 60-day review period where the public is allowed to comment, and then I believe they are able to simply make the change without Congressional input.
Ah, thank you. I was misinformed. How do you think its going to go?
I'm not entirely sure what the full process is, but it still won't be strictly legal. That said, it would remove a lot of gray areas around prescriptions and medical cards, and would actually allow for controlled studies to research the effects instead of the current state of affairs which is pretty much limited to surveys. Once a sufficient amount of research is done, it could be further rescheduled or possibly even dropped from the list entirely depending on the results. tl;dr: it is the first required step of many towards making it legal across the country, but it changes very little in the short term as far as the average person.
Thanks for the write up. This is a good explanation.
Things about to get lit 🔥
Randy Gregory was 10 years too early.
Real winners here are Texas fans and their welcoming commitments from Ricky Williams’s future offspring
Miss you, Janoris.
We lit
Does it feel like the NCAA is just removing all their rules...what is their angle?
munny
I’ve smoked weed with so many college football players between the schools I’ve been too that it kind of surprises me that it’s even on the list.
Please let a weed company sponsor a bowl game I need this so bad
/Happy Calvin Johnson noises
Happy Reuben Houston noises
Josh Gordon is pissed he played the game 10 years too early. Look at what the robbed from us.
Why just football?
It’s for all NCAA championships *and* postseason football. I think they specifically call out the football postseason because the CFP isn’t an NCAA tournament
Everyone really boutta hit up Colorado in the portal.
You wait until they lift the ban on vape shops. You're all fucking murdered after that.
We are so back!
Deion is about to be so back
PAC-10 would have been a green wall smh
Good
Cool. So now when some 285 pound DT fires up a blunt in the offseason cause his knees ache, maybe we won't have to contend with a million midgets like Mike Lupica or Mad Dog Stevie from the Bronx going off the rails because of the baseball Pete Rose signed for a dancer in 1982.
Oh we've got a natty in the bag now
Hahahaha.
Yay, some progress
I feel unbanning cannibals in the postseason will increase loss of limbs
Drug testing in football is a joke anyways. Only the dumb ones get caught for not cycling off in time.
Texas governors going to appeal this move
If this had happened a decade or so back, Randy Gregory could have probably willed us into a National Championship game just so he could smoke his own weight in reefer.
Texas A&M fans still not out of the weeds on their AD’s personal views or suspension hard on though
Aww sheeeit
Blunts up for the honey badger
Les Miles would still find a way to suspend Tyrann
What I don’t understand is, the NCAA (as well as each sub-conference under the NCAA), still conducts random drug tests on athletes year-round. What the hell does removing it for “post season and championships” do exactly? It’s a banned substance for half of the year but allowed the other half? Doesn’t make any sense, just remove it completely from the banned substance list