So who the hell got their sorry ass suspended for the RB?
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And what's Franklin supposed to do about it? Run out and get a couple extra from a team that's not playing that day? It is what it is.
Is football the only sport that gets drug tested in college? My son plays baseball and never got tested.
I played lacrosse and was drug tested on a few occasions, but it was not mandated by the school or NCAA, rather our coaches. I DO think if your team makes an NCAA tournament, every athlete gets one.
No, not at PSU anyway. My son was randomly tested several times a year and always before BIG and NCAA championships.
I agree. Like I said- it's a 2 sided coin.
I have no idea what the issue is and I agree people need to stop linking kids with issues like drugs if they are just speculating. It's not fair to the kids.
That said, with social media, radio/ESPN talking heads like they are- just state the issue and end it. Dont make it mysterious. Don't let it get caught up in the social media tornado and become a distraction or the focus of Penn State related Rose Bowl stories. Deal with it, end the speculation, and put the focus back on the game.
Just a difference in how to handle the situation I guess. We've had multiple threads on this issue in the past 2 days (with this thread alone over 90 posts). USC had 2 players suspended for the game announced yesterday (academics). It had 1 whole thread of 15 total posts on a USC site when I checked today.
I agree. Like I said- it's a 2 sided coin.
I have no idea what the issue is and I agree people need to stop linking kids with issues like drugs if they are just speculating. It's not fair to the kids.
That said, with social media, radio/ESPN talking heads like they are- just state the issue and end it. Dont make it mysterious. Don't let it get caught up in the social media tornado and become a distraction or the focus of Penn State related Rose Bowl stories. Deal with it, end the speculation, and put the focus back on the game.
Just a difference in how to handle the situation I guess. We've had multiple threads on this issue in the past 2 days (with this thread alone over 90 posts). USC had 2 players suspended for the game announced yesterday (academics). It had 1 whole thread of 15 total posts on a USC site when I checked today.
Franklin has said team violations all year and no one bats an eye so why now does he have to say what it is? We should just accept it until he clairides further. No need to give the media something to grasp onto to and distract the team. Franklin didn't make a big deal of it so let's follow suit.
If the media needs to use speculation gossip from this board to write a story then this country is in big trouble.
Ideally, I agree but we both know social media isn't going to stop (and the ESPN talking heads will be on it shortly).
I think if he would just say 'players X, Y, Z are suspended for violating team rules' and end it- it would die out relatively quickly (like the USC announcement).
When he says 'multiple players will be suspended for violation of team rules but I won't tell you who or even how many are suspended'- that's just smacking a hornets nest of speculation with a stick IMO.
“I used to smoke marijuana. But I’ll tell you something: I would only smoke it in the late evening. Oh, occasionally the early evening, but usually the late evening – or the mid-evening. Just the early evening, midevening and late evening. Occasionally, early afternoon, early midafternoon, or perhaps the late-midafternoon. Oh, sometimes the early-mid-late-early morning. . . . But never at dusk.”
― Steve Martin
― Steve Martin
I think BYU does have such a rule (possibly for all students?) but they still get athletes to sign up. Of course, they might not follow that rule.
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