NFL held an owners-only meeting in Arizona

[Oh_Canada]

its a federal crime to have pot and the current administration is going to be tough on it so I don t think its going to be any different any time soon on pot useage and in the state where I live its a state crime and drug usage of any kind is looked down on

Isn't it a federal crime to commit fraud?

Jimmy Haslam-owner of the Cleveland Browns cut a deal to avoid jail time in 2014.

Suspended 0 games by the NFL.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I don't think Jerry is just thinking about his own player issues. It makes business sense to quit testing. Having starting players suspended is not good for business, even if they don't have to pay them.

The suspensions for weed make the NFL look worse, not better to the public.

The criminal conduct investigations by the NFL are also dumb.. The NFL should let law enforcement investigate crimes. Then it would be simple to have specific punishments for specific crimes committed.

The issue with Zeke and his ex-girlfriend is a perfect example. She got mad because he broke up with her, so she made up some story. The NFLs current policy makes it so easy for people like this girl to basically blackmail players. The player does not have to be proven guilty to end up suspended. Zeke did get suspended but other players have in similar situations.

The wording in the article on the part about Jerry being "reminded" of the CBA is silly. Jerry obviously knows about the CBA. Everyone already knows that the Owners would want something in return for giving up the testing for weed. Jerry is talking to the owners. He is obviously telling them that they should decide that they are willing to eliminate the testing. They have to make that decision among themselves, before they get into what they request from the players union in return.

The NFL has lost probably its best young WR for the last 3 years in Josh Gordon. When the league is losing out on highly marketable All Pro caliber over pot, you have to rethink the policy.

Fine them. Dont suspend them

 

[ksadler1]

If they did let the players use marijuana, how are they going to regulate it? Are medical marijuana companies going to be allowed to be sponsors? I could see this thing dragging out for years. This is a can of worms if you ask me. I can see players claiming their weed was laced when something else shows up on a test. For the record, I'm neither for or against this but I can see a lot of players abusing it just like any other drug. And we all know Jerry. They'll be re-naming AT&T Stadium "Greenleaf Stadium" or "Verdes Stadium" after the AT&T sponsorship runs out.....

 

[ksadler1]

Isn't it a federal crime to commit fraud?

Jimmy Haslam-owner of the Cleveland Browns cut a deal to avoid jail time in 2014.

Suspended 0 games by the NFL.

Out of curiosity, where is it a federal crime to commit fraud or possess marijuana? There are specifics in laws/crimes like that before they become federal.....

 

[stilltheguru88]

The weed thing is a joke whether it's sports or normal jobs.

 

[StarBoyz83]

The meeting was to tell the owners that this next season will be flag and not tackle.

 

[Fizziksman]

If they did let the players use marijuana, how are they going to regulate it? Are medical marijuana companies going to be allowed to be sponsors? I could see this thing dragging out for years. This is a can of worms if you ask me. I can see players claiming their weed was laced when something else shows up on a test. For the record, I'm neither for or against this but I can see a lot of players abusing it just like any other drug. And we all know Jerry. They'll be re-naming AT&T Stadium "Greenleaf Stadium" or "Verdes Stadium" after the AT&T sponsorship runs out.....

I assume they will regulate in the same way they regulate alcohol. If you come in high or drunk to practice or a game you are gonna get fine. The point is the teams should punish their players when it comes weed and not the league. As for sponsors, I doubt they will be able to advertise it in the same way cigarettes aren't allowed to be advertised. Alcohol and Pharmaceutical industry (the two industries,other than the for profit prison system,that wants to keep weed banned) would lobby hard to have be treated like cigarettes.

If it's laced with another banned substance and it comes out in the NFL drug test than the NFL will punish them.

 

[rynochop]

Talking about killing? Y'all experts? Y'all know about killing? I'd like to hear about it, potheads.

Were you smoking when you typed this? Wth

The local county jail would be half empty if they legalized it. Which is probably why they don't..jails a big business, and they need customers

 

[Section446]

Nevwr tried it, never will, but couldn't care less if other people do it.

 

[BrassCowboy]

Yes, the business says that.

That's why they are trying to change the rules.

Most jobs that compensate their players very well do not force their employees to take random drug tests for marijuana.

The world today blames the rules rather than the rulebreaker too much already. These players know the rules when they sign their contract. If you can't lay off the smoke, then you better be prepared to out of work, period. Absolutely NO excuse.

 

[haleyrules]

Were you smoking when you typed this? Wth

The local county jail would be half empty if they legalized it. Which is probably why they don't..jails a big business, and they need customers

lol. They can add something else...

 

[haleyrules]

The meeting was to tell the owners that this next season will be flag and not tackle.

and skirts are mandatory....

 

[JoeKing]

Were you smoking when you typed this? Wth

The local county jail would be half empty if they legalized it. Which is probably why they don't..jails a big business, and they need customers

I only quoted a movie. I'm not debating anything you mention here. Stop making this about something it's not.

 

[Typhus]

Rather or not you agree or disagree regarding the legal use of Marijuana, the primary focus should be in refining the testing procedure.
THC is fat soluble, so it remains in your system much longer than other drugs.
You can smoke pot a month ago and take a test today and fail.
There needs to be a new test, maybe a mouth swab, I don't know, but a test that can prove you are not under the influence at the time of the test.
If the NFL lifts the ban on Marijuana, there will be players smoking everyday, during practice, during games,, theres a difference between recreational use and addiction.

 

[xwalker]

Out of curiosity, where is it a federal crime to commit fraud or possess marijuana? There are specifics in laws/crimes like that before they become federal.....

You can be arrested and procecuted by Federal law enforcement. The issue is that they don't have the man power to waste time doing it. Most law man power is at the local and state level.

 

[erod]

Fast forward 50 years.....

BREAKING: Cowboys owner Spalding Jones petitions owners at NFL meeting in Moscow to discontinue testing for heroin and raise the salary cap to $6.4 billion.

 

[xwalker]

If they did let the players use marijuana, how are they going to regulate it? Are medical marijuana companies going to be allowed to be sponsors? I could see this thing dragging out for years. This is a can of worms if you ask me. I can see players claiming their weed was laced when something else shows up on a test. For the record, I'm neither for or against this but I can see a lot of players abusing it just like any other drug. And we all know Jerry. They'll be re-naming AT&T Stadium "Greenleaf Stadium" or "Verdes Stadium" after the AT&T sponsorship runs out.....

They could start out by just making the level required to fail so high that nobody would actually fail. Then they can still say it's against the rules.

 

[Longboysfan]

So Jerry after making all the owners Billionairs - if they were not already.

Talked about removing a rule on POT player penalties.
That is out of line with what happening today.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I only quoted a movie. I'm not debating anything you mention here. Stop making this about something it's not.

Platoon came out in the early 1980s and was rated R. Half of the adult world could not go and see it if they were even born at that point when it came out and near as many when it hit syndication a few years later.

Now I realize that giving obscure movie quotes and then being condescending when people don't get it is fun but all you are doing is showing that you are old.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Rather or not you agree or disagree regarding the legal use of Marijuana, the primary focus should be in refining the testing procedure.
THC is fat soluble, so it remains in your system much longer than other drugs.
You can smoke pot a month ago and take a test today and fail.
There needs to be a new test, maybe a mouth swab, I don't know, but a test that can prove you are not under the influence at the time of the test.
If the NFL lifts the ban on Marijuana, there will be players smoking everyday, during practice, during games,, theres a difference between recreational use and addiction.

The testing done on marijuana driving impairment does not show a significant increase in accidents during road tests.

There is no need and not everydecision needs to be centered around law enforcement having the easiest job possible.