Should they even be tested for it?
2007-10-05 04:27:49 · 16 answers · asked by cook c 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
No and no. Are they tested for alcohol or tobacco (not to give the prohibitionists any ideas!)?
Chris S, I think you're a waste of life and you shouldn't judge whole huge groups of people based on a few experiences. get a clue. Where do fascists like Vegas Matt come from? Let's of you should get into a time machine and go back to Nazi Germany.
To the moron below me, I'm no hippy (there haven't ben actual hippies for more than 30 years, @sswipe) and where are your statistics to prove that??????? I mean real stats, not htose generated by the govt. to back its policies.
2007-10-05 06:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by atlas 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There are no facts to support your statement that most NFL players smoke pot. Where are you getting that from? No NFL player is going to risk suspension and have their image tarnished over pot. There have been very few exceptions. Like 1%. If you want to talk about a league that has the problem? Then you need to discuss the NBA. The NBA is a example of where it has become a real problem. Their players essentially get 5 offenses before they face suspension. I think it hurts their image and sends the wrong signal. They are trying to fix it but ran unchecked for too long. That would be the death of the NFL. There is no way they would allow that to be part of their image. The NFL has the highest standards than any other professional sports league. Remember they regulate the type of the vitamins these players can take. They give so much random drug testing that these guys have to watch everything they do and take. The NFL makes their life hell if they get caught. If any league looked the other way and let their players do that they would have a marketing nightmare. The NFL is not about to condone illegal drugs. You are talking about Roger Goodell. The guy is strict. He make Paul Taglibue look soft. He is out to send a message and they have pulled in the reins.
2016-05-17 04:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was ever legalized they wouldn't. There's just a stigma attached to it because of our alcohol culture. Anybody who knows anything about pot knows its nowhere near as debilitating as alcohol. But the NFL doesn't want to be seen as an organization that endorses committing crimes, because at the end of the day pot is still illegal. They would get criticized by even more people if they didn't test for it. The NFL is about making money and looking good. So they did the research before they wrote their policies in order to keep the majority of viewers happy.
2007-10-05 04:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
People seem to forget that despite the pedestal we put professional athletes on, NFL players are still just employees. So your true question should be: Should employers be allowed to suspend employees for smoking pot? Or even: Should an employer be allowed to suspend an employee for committing a crime while under their employment?
The answer is yes. It's actually pretty lenient to just suspend them instead of firing them for actively participating in illegal activities.
2007-10-05 05:46:14 · answer #4 · answered by Vegas Matt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To the hippy above me, companies that drug test get more production out of less employees when they fire people for MJ use. My question to you is why do you think the rest of us need to pick up the slack for lazy pot heads
To answer the question, it's in the bylaws, and they are paid millions. Part of what the NFL makes it's money on is image, and being a druggie is bad for the image of the league.
2007-10-05 16:07:27 · answer #5 · answered by blibityblabity 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sports are the antithesis of drugs. If they weren't, you'd be signing your kids up to smoke crack. The NFL represents the highest athletic achievement for the sport of football. No true fan should tolerate a substance that impairs/reduces a players ability to perform at their maximum level. Of course marijuana merits suspention. If you disagree, you don't understand what athletics/sports are all about.
2007-10-05 04:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by PittSteel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If I were a team owner, I would suspend any player for testing positive to illegal drug use - including marijuana. Why? Because I would want the most physically and mentally able players on my team at any given time.
If players are expected to adhere to strict policies on their workout routines and diet, I wouldn't throw all that effort away by looking the other way on drug use. Like it or not, even marijauna has negative health effects.
2007-10-05 04:44:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 5⤊ 3⤋
YES!! It's against the law! If anyone else were to be on drugs they would get fired too. Football players get suspended with their millions of dollars.
2007-10-05 05:03:53 · answer #8 · answered by Jenn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its illegal in the US and the NFL. If the players don't like that then they shouldn't have agreed to it in their union contract or can go play somewhere else.
That said the only effect it will have on them is a negative.
2007-10-05 05:08:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I think they should get the Nobel Prize for smoking marijuana.
Seriously, I don't care what these people are doing in their homes, but they sign million dollar deals with contingencies. I don't get paid millions, but if someone offered me a million dollars with the catch that I had to take drug tests, I wouldn't mind.
2007-10-05 04:33:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋