One or two more things on this drug testing in college football.
We have the NCAA, the Commissioners of the different conferences, the Presidents of the different colleges that are supposedly about education, athletics and continuing education.
What a bunch of landscape artists all of them are. They can shape and change the game of fooball (football being the money maker) just like anyones lawn or property can be shaped. What a bunch of hipocrits all (ALL) of them are. As long as they can keep the millions of dollars flowing into the system, they make believe they are all about helping the individual.
AllDawgs5 made a comment a couple of days back about the hipocrits, not using that word, but reading what he said was too damn easy. IT MADE SENSE. I have since gone back and looked over many comments in other places and his comments are dead on.
Every college that has a football Team should have the same rules governing each school in the NCAA the same way when it comes to the rules. For example number of recruits each year, and all of the other rules that the NCAA lays down for ALL universities. Slip and the NCAA is out front with an investigation. Called (doing their job) . . .
It matters for several reasons, but here is one that sticks out. We read about UGA and the problems we have, and they are problems. We look at the same rule in other schools and they are not the same, not making the news because it is HIDDEN. There are a lot of differences in the way that the press treats universities. The press can jump all over UGA for a first time offense, take the same case to Gainesville, Florida and you won't hear a word, different rules.
The program had gotten so bad in Gainesville after many of the players had messed up many times that Urban Meyer knew that he had lost control of his football team. It was time for UM to move on. Alabama has some of the same latitude that Florida has as compared to UGA.
The playing field is not level. Question is this . . . . Do we allow pot smoking in the dorms and elsewhere or do we leave the institutions rules the same. If I play football, I am a really good football player and know that I can play for Alabama or Florida or LSU or many of the other schools, not only the SEC, but universities all over the country, where do I sign the contract. For me, pretty easy to understand that I will play for the school that allows me as an 18 or 19 year old to postpone maturing.
Universities have to make choices, Kentucky and Georgia have the strickest rules in the SEC. President Adams likes the football income, he however is looking to improve his standing in the collegiate world. As long as the good folks in Georgia support the Red and Black, Adams will be the same Adams. When the ticket purchases drop again, there will be questions asked, and you will again hear from Adams. Below is a short piece of film that maybe many have viewed. If not, take a look, the message is pretty clear.