Frank Howard Suspended

[TacoTime75]

What’s the timeframe for a suspension for this offense?

 

[pearl31]

I mean, the D.O. would have to be mighty sure of its sources to publish that... but it still feels a bit hearsay-ish...

 

[Chip]

Syracuse senior Frank Howard suspended for failed drug test, 3 familiar with situation say

Failed drug test

'Howard, a senior point guard and leader'

Yeah, let's just go with senior point guard.

Better yet, let's just go with senior.

 

[The_Slant_Su]

Wait. He started a fire?

It was likely a controlled burn

 

[hungrychuck]

As much as this s*cks, and it surely does for a variety of reasons, I'm not sure how much it actually changes our tournament results.

We had a decent chance of beating Baylor and I think we still do.

We had very little chance of beating the Zags and it's somewhat less than that now.

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

'Howard, a senior point guard and leader'

Yeah, let's just go with senior point guard.

Better yet, let's just go with senior.

Let's go with seni

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

What’s the timeframe for a suspension for this offense?

He gone

 

[4evaOrange]

And that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

 

[The_Slant_Su]

So did you like the trip attempt?

So it was blotter then?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

You shouldn't do anything the NCAA doesn't require. Especially when you can get sanctioned for not following a policy that isn't required in the 1st place.

If you want a policy at least word it so you have some wiggle room in a case like this when the ncaat is on the line

From the DO Article: The penalty for failing an NCAA test related to a performance-enhancing drug means a student-athlete loses one full year of eligibility for a first offense, according to the NCAA. Tampering with an NCAA drug test results in a student-athlete being declared ineligible for participation in postseason competition. Not showing up for an NCAA drug test, or refusing to provide a sample, results in the same penalty as a positive drug test result for a PED.

I'm not 100% certain, but if you use a player who fails a post-game drug test, you may have to forfeit the game, and you will lose all your NCAA Tournament money for the year.

You do NOT want to fail an NCAA random test. This is why schools test players before the tournament, so there are no post-game surprises.

 

[MikeDamone]

Obviously this is how things are done when idiots are not in charge.

The unrequired policy landed us on probation and now cost us a player for the ncaat. Sounds like a great idea to me!

 

[longislandcuse]

This isn’t believable. I’ll choose to go with “he shot himself in a club” until someone convinces me otherwise.

 

[TinyManInside]

No it wouldn't. We got in trouble for not enforcing our drug testing policy. But you are not required yo have a drug testing policy

I understand that. But the last thing you want after getting in trouble for not enforcing your policy is to have the public perception that you’re STILL not enforcing the policy. I’m talking about the PR aspect. You don’t want to give the NCAA any reason whatsoever to come sniffing around again.

 

[Alsacs]

You can’t get drug tested at NCAA events until after the game.

http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/f...pionship_Site_Coordinator_Manual_20180710.pdf

Syracuse wouldn’t have traveled Frank to Salt Lake City if he failed a Syracuse test.

 

[MikeDamone]

From the DO Article: The penalty for failing an NCAA test related to a performance-enhancing drug means a student-athlete loses one full year of eligibility for a first offense, according to the NCAA. Tampering with an NCAA drug test results in a student-athlete being declared ineligible for participation in postseason competition. Not showing up for an NCAA drug test, or refusing to provide a sample, results in the same penalty as a positive drug test result for a PED.

I'm not 100% certain, but if you use a player who fails a post-game drug test, you may have to forfeit the game, and you will lose all your NCAA Tournament money for the year.

You do NOT want to fail an NCAA random test. This is why schools test players before the tournament, so there are no post-game surprises.

That's fine. Have your policy read that it is a 1 game suspension then. Test him again prior to next game and if he's clean, he plays.

 

[MikeDamone]

You can’t get drug tested at NCAA events until after the game.

http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/f...pionship_Site_Coordinator_Manual_20180710.pdf

Syracuse wouldn’t have traveled Frank to Salt Lake City if he failed a Syracuse test.

So who the heck gave him the test then?

 

[Jake]

The unrequired policy landed us on probation and now cost us a player for the ncaat. Sounds like a great idea to me!

You have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[wiseman3]

Even if it was just weed, what a terrible decision by Frank. Its the week before the biggest tournament of the year, literally what you have worked your whole life for, and you want to throw that all away. Idiotic. We're better off without him

 

[MikeDamone]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Are you saying that the release from the ncaa regarding our sanctions didn't mention not enforcing our policy. Because I read it. And it did

 

[Alsacs]

So who the heck gave him the test then?

I don’t believe the DO story.

 

[djcon57]

From the DO Article: The penalty for failing an NCAA test related to a performance-enhancing drug means a student-athlete loses one full year of eligibility for a first offense, according to the NCAA. Tampering with an NCAA drug test results in a student-athlete being declared ineligible for participation in postseason competition. Not showing up for an NCAA drug test, or refusing to provide a sample, results in the same penalty as a positive drug test result for a PED.

I'm not 100% certain, but if you use a player who fails a post-game drug test, you may have to forfeit the game, and you will lose all your NCAA Tournament money for the year.

You do NOT want to fail an NCAA random test. This is why schools test players before the tournament, so there are no post-game surprises.

This would make a ton of sense

 

[kirbivore]

No idea what he did, but he obviously did something. He’s a senior & is supposed to be a team leader.
I’ll be very happy when he’s gone. Only other SU player I strongly disliked was MeShawn

For me Frank is more of a knucklehead. MeShawn is in a whole 'nother stratosphere on my dislike scale.

 

[hungrychuck]

Written by two fantastic DO grads, both now at WaPo. Eli has won a Pulitzer too.

Epic piece. With all due respect to the very good syracuse.com writers, I'm not sure I've ever seen anything as good there.

 

[samspann1]

I don’t believe the DO story.

so what do you think really happened? You can PM me

 

[Zippy1808]

Perhaps his meatloaf at the new Golden Corral was tainted with illicit drugs and then he got into an argument with someone over the I-81 community grid forcing him to take pain medication.