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[QUOTE="dyedorange, post: 1339029, member: 3729"]
Man, college coaches must be hoping for marijuana legalization big time!  Imagine if recreational use was legal in all states, so many of these smokin' dope violations would be a non-issue (assuming the private schools that have drug policies would change their policies to accord with the law, since I assume, as private institutions, they'd still be free to have whatever internal policies they wanted).  Not making any comment about the politics of legalization itself, just that it would have a huge effect on some of these eligibility issues.

On a separate note, I wonder about the rationale for having a drug policy for these kids.  Obviously, normal college kids are not tested (and we all know what the results would show if they did!), but what is it about the "student-athlete" situation that justifies testing?  It's certainly not about concerns over performance enhancement, if they're testing for things like weed.  I can only assume the logic is that these kids are out in the public eye, representing the universities, and therefore it's in the university's interest to make sure they're behaving in ways that aren't embarrassing.  I suppose it gives the school the perception that they care about "ethics" (slippery territory, I know), but if they wanted to be consistent about that, then why not test regular students before they enter the lecture hall for exams?  Anybody have any thoughts on the justification for these policies?  I have to think there are schools out there that don't have drug policies for reasons other than the convenience of not having to punish their own players.
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