Are they NCAA, SEC or at the school level? Is there any desire by anybody in decision making positions at any of those institutions to change them? What if (and I understand it's a big if) the State of Tennessee legalized it? It's clearly not a performance enhancing drug, and honestly there would be a lot less trouble if athletes (and all college students) enjoyed pot instead of drinking to the point of intoxication.
We can argue its morality, but morality already has little to do with whether a student can play sports or not. Students (over 21) can drink and play sports. They can have sex three times a day with different people and father six children and play sports.
Many, many college kids smoke pot. They then get their degrees and go on to live productive lives. I would dare say more than half of the posters on this board smoked pot.
This is the biggest issue that no one in power seems to take even a second to think about. How many student athletes have had their athletic and academic careers ruined for such an archaic and pointless rule? The sports world has an alternate reality viewpoint on soft drugs, and it doesn't seem to accomplish anything at all.
We can argue its morality, but morality already has little to do with whether a student can play sports or not. Students (over 21) can drink and play sports. They can have sex three times a day with different people and father six children and play sports.
Many, many college kids smoke pot. They then get their degrees and go on to live productive lives. I would dare say more than half of the posters on this board smoked pot.
This is the biggest issue that no one in power seems to take even a second to think about. How many student athletes have had their athletic and academic careers ruined for such an archaic and pointless rule? The sports world has an alternate reality viewpoint on soft drugs, and it doesn't seem to accomplish anything at all.
