We expect our players to play tough on the field…but off the field do they need to play by the rules..isn’t that a double standard? Can’t we all just have fun and party without fear of losing our “jobs”. I mean come on…no ones perfect!! Great players should be able to play no matter what their criminal record. Coaches have no right to take away their god given gifts to be FOOTBALL PLAYERS! Read the real life scenario below. This just happened:
It’s a crying shame when a player like [name redacted] is forced to sit out a game because of a minor indiscretion. I mean, who hasn’t been arrested for buying weed from an uncover narc? He was wearing a [redacted] football jersey for pete’s sake.
In an attempt to overcome the decisive recruiting edge of “peer institutions” and their loose substance abuse policies, or keep up with the Herbans err, the Jones, Chris Low of VolQuest reports that Tennessee has instituted a new Marijuana Policy:
Whereas the old policy called for permanent dismissal on the third positive test for marijuana, the new policy would potentially allow a fourth positive test for marijuana before the athlete is permanently booted.
Tennessee men’s athletics director Mike Hamilton said the move from three strikes to four was adopted to more closely reflect what “our peer institutions” were doing.
This policy will align the Vols with the Florida Gator policy of 4 strikes and then at 5 the player is dismissed. The logical thinking is that if you are a Gator Athlete and get caught 5 times, you deserve to be dismissed.
Is this a new recruiting message to future recruits? Does it say: If you sign with us, you NEVER have to worry about getting caught when you break the law or any of our “team rules”? It has certainly helped other schools in the SEC score back to back “Recruiting Championships”.
Herban Meyer was heard to say “Here at the University of Florida we believe in obedience to law, except for the laws concerning money laundering, because they hinder recruiting and the illegal drugs because it hinders which players can play in which games when I have to “suspend” them (Meyer uses his fingers to make air quotes) . Bob Stoops, Nick Saban and Les Miles should be ashamed. They wield discipline in their programs only to gain the favor of the liberal media, but their selfishness comes at the cost of the players. [Ranking the Gator Arrests]. If Tennessee want to stay competitive with ME, then they are clearly on track with this new policy. Kudos to Coach Fulmer for seeing how much smarter I am than anyone else.”
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