OT-NFL punishments are messed up

[retro44]

The IOC cutoff for a positive test is 150. MLB is 50. DOT is 50. Anything under those levels and the test is considered "negative". The urine screening is all pretty standard, basic stuff and information is readily available on the internet via different sites (which is where I got my info) on how testing is done and the different screening levels by different organizations. It's not a question of MLB using a cheaper test.

I'm not questioning the NFL's right to test for pot, or any other organization, public or private. What I'm questioning is the NFL's insistence on a considerably tighter standard (TDTORange addressed the standard pretty well). While you may think the NFL standard is the same as the others, it isn't, and this has been backed up by numerous experts on the subject over the last 4 weeks since the Josh Gordon suspension was first announced.

there is a lot more information out there and lots of different methods in which they use.

some are very much more accurate than others and others only score a negative or positive at certain levels and other like LC/MS and GC/MS can actually give the accurate amounts in your system.

I had to Pee in a cup once that instantly tells you pass/fail and that was a 50ng/l test at a power house in Albany. And if you failed that test then they sent you a certified lab that gave you test that broke down to the actual levels. Sometimes it's all about saving the company money up front.

Some testing facilities will not accept clear urine and the Nuclear testing will take that clear urine and they will find it if it is in there. I have taken countless tests and all came back clean. Just ask the person testing you about their methods I always do. YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT

 

[Orangepace]

Gordon has failed exactly TWO NFL issued drug tests. He came into the league on the probation list because of his pot issues in college. The first positive test was last year when he tested positive for codeine from a prescription cold medication he was taking. The second was the 16 ng test that is in play here (I won't even get into how preposterously low that threshhold is compared to other testing protocols). Meanwhile, he has passed 72 NFL drug tests (according to his agent) in his 2+ years in the league. He's clearly not the brightest guy out there given his multiple traffic stops, including his pending DUI from NC and his earlier traffic stop in Ohio from this spring where one of his passengers was ticketed for pot possession. In fact, if Josh Gordon didn't have bad judgment, he wouldn't have any judgment at all. He is guilty of being stupid and he should certainly shoulder some of the blame here, but the NFL drug program is a joke and shame on the NFLPA for ever agreeing to it. The way the NFL doles out their player punishments with no regard for the bigger picture (i.e. 2 games for aggravated assault and 16 games for second-hand pot smoke), it reminds me a little of how another sports institution hands out penalties - the NCAA.

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100% agree with everything you said. He deserves blame for constantly getting himself into these situations, no doubt. That said, to essentially remove a year of earnings from him for the culmination of these offenses is economically unreasonable.