Thats the other bit of it. you fly a commercial airliner, hell yes i want you sober.
You sit in a toll booth all day, you should be allowed to be stoned so you don't die of boredom.
I think with sports, the teams don't want pot use to tarnish their image.
I know if you're union construction and you get hurt on the job, the first thing that gets done at the hospital is a drug test. The union doesn't want to pay your medical bills if you're breaking their laws. So, it really depends on the incident, job, etc.
- seedy

Correct and given the players collectively bargained these tests, as do many employees, these are the rules and we can't just say don't enforce them. I'm guessing this may be an instance where the league and the union get together to address their current stance on marijuana and re categorize that so it's not classed with harder drugs. Then, I'm all for relaxing it.

Heck, many employers aren't even testing for it anymore. Granted not a majority, but that trend is becoming more popular. But in this instance, it's part of the CBA the players had representation for and agreed to, therefore it stands.

I don't know how the league can suspend you for weed but not for cocaine

That'd be pretty ridiculous in my mind
- gerbe75pts

Because they have to catch you doing it, white powder in a video is proof of white powder in a video, but when you piss positive for pot metabolites that's pretty undeniable. Coke stays in your system for a very short period of time, a few days, if you're a heavy user longer. So even if he took it and they test him today it's likely to be undetectable in urine unless he's Tony Montana Jr.

I laid this out a couple pages back. The league informs players 60-90 days before they test them. They know its coming all they have to do is not smoke for a few weeks every now and then. A player has nobody to blame but themselves for a failed test... They know its coming!

Thats the other bit of it. you fly a commercial airliner, hell yes i want you sober.
You sit in a toll booth all day, you should be allowed to be stoned so you don't die of boredom.
I think with sports, the teams don't want pot use to tarnish their image.
I know if you're union construction and you get hurt on the job, the first thing that gets done at the hospital is a drug test. The union doesn't want to pay your medical bills if you're breaking their laws. So, it really depends on the incident, job, etc.
- seedy

Not 100% accurate. When I got hurt I was never tested.

I laid this out a couple pages back. The league informs players 60-90 days before they test them. They know its coming all they have to do is not smoke for a few weeks every now and then. A player has nobody to blame but themselves for a failed test... They know its coming!
- TheHank

Yep.

They give these guys more than enough notice.

Hmmm... It's almost like they DON'T want to catch them.

Not 100% accurate. When I got hurt I was never tested.
- Wetbandit1

Sounds like a pretty sweet union job

Beckham is going to end up with Aldon Smith if he keeps this up
- gerbe75pts

Did he punch the girl in the video? Make a bomb threat at an airport? If not I don't see how the 2 are even remotely comparable.

Yep.

They give these guys more than enough notice.

Hmmm... It's almost like they DON'T want to catch them.
- Wetbandit1

They absolutely do not want to catch them. It doesnt help anyone, not coaches, owners, the league or its sponsors. The nfl doesnt care if guys smoke pot, its a running joke in the locker room. They all show up stinking like pot all the time. It is encouraged actually, players going out on the town boozing it up, making it rain at strip clubs and such is terrible for the league. Guys sitting on the couch stoned dont get in trouble.

They absolutely do not want to catch them. It doesnt help anyone, not coaches, owners, the league or its sponsors. The nfl doesnt care if guys smoke pot, its a running joke in the locker room. They all show up stinking like pot all the time. It is encouraged actually, players going out on the town boozing it up, making it rain at strip clubs and such is terrible for the league. Guys sitting on the couch stoned dont get in trouble.
- TheHank

I was at the club, stoned... "allegedly"

I was at the club stoned... "allegedly"
- jochfr

Im pretty sure when they do go get in trouble at the club they are stoned too. I valeted cars for a bit when i was a lot younger, nfl players porsches and range rovers would routinely reek like pot. One time i had a former bills player valet his truck, i got in it and found a sack with about an ounce just sitting on the passeger seat. He didnt even try and hide it. Got tipped in weed from an nfl player once too.

Im pretty sure when they do go get in trouble at the club they are stoned too. I valeted cars for a bit when i was a lot younger, nfl players porsches and range rovers would routinely reek like pot. One time i had a former bills player valet his truck, i got in it and found a sack with about an ounce just sitting on the passeger seat. He didnt even try and hide it. Got tipped in weed from an nfl player once too.
- TheHank

Good times...

I’ll take McCown. Pretty sure the Bills are the only team that hasn’t had a McCown on its roster.
- Stripes77

Might not be that far off...

I absolutely agree with yours and everyone elses opinion on how they feel about pot.
But that doesn't change the current law and it certainly doesn't change any employers current law. I get what all of you guys are saying about the morals of it, but thats not an excuse to break the current laws. especially ones you agreed to in order to be employed.
This is like people trying to talk parking enforcement out of a ticket. "Coulda woulda shoulda" doesn't change the fact that theres no money in the meter and you weren't in your car.
- seedy

I was literally in my car, with it running, with 5 other cars ahead of/behind me and she comes over and says you have to move, and I told her I was just waiting for my friend to come out, there was no other parking anywhere near the area hence all the other cars, and she says if you're not gone by the time I get back you're getting a ticket, I said "ok". She literally walked 10 feet down the sidewalk, ignored all the other cars that were there when I got there, turned around and wrote me a ticket. What an bumhole.

What does this have anything to with being “gay” I’m just curious were you just being ignorant
- gerbe75pts

I think he was just being flippant.

I laid this out a couple pages back. The league informs players 60-90 days before they test them. They know its coming all they have to do is not smoke for a few weeks every now and then. A player has nobody to blame but themselves for a failed test... They know its coming!
- TheHank

You can’t fix stupid.

Seriously.

But I think a stoned mail sorter would do a better job
- jcragcrumple

What is this "mail" you speak of?

bears get robinosn, burton and gabriel in 4 hours

You can’t fix stupid.
- dadeadhead

I wouldn't want to

bears get robinosn, burton and gabriel in 4 hours





- homiedclown

Is this a good thing?
I might have to start watching again.

You can’t fix stupid.
- dadeadhead

Exactly. I dont feel bad for any of them.

Ian Rapoport
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now7 seconds ago

The #Titans are signing CB Malcolm Butler on a 5-year contract worth more than $61M with more than $30M guaranteed, source said. Wow.

Ian Rapoport
‏Verified account @RapSheet
now7 seconds ago

The #Titans are signing CB Malcolm Butler on a 5-year contract worth more than $61M with more than $30M guaranteed, source said. Wow.
- Stripes77

I just heard that too. Craziness.

I just heard that too. Craziness.
- TheHank

I want to get Nelson he would be a good mentor for Jones and he can still play

I was being ignorant. Like your avatar you little female dog. Don’t be gay
- Hatboro_Swords

Benjamin Allbright
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1h1 hour ago
Replying to @NickiJhabvala

Draft. Bills trying to trade Colts for #3