Big move by NFL--no more suspensions for recreational drugs

[TahoeLegend]

Suspensions still in effect for PEDs, but once the new CBA is approved no more punishment for weed and other recreational drugs.

Long overdue and the NFL is so powerful I think--and hope--it will be the first step to all other sports doing the same.

New NFL CBA would eliminate suspensions for positive drug tests, marijuana included

Repeat violators of the NFL's substance-abuse policy would not be subject to suspension under the proposed CBA.

www.yahoo.com

 

[B.A.R.]

Josh Gordon wishing he was born 7 years later.

 

[TahoeLegend]

If the league and players are smart they will wipe out all past violations and give everyone a clean slate

 

[Hulu]

About time

 

[RetroVK]

Back to handing out meth pregame and halftime

 

[twinkie13]

Back to handing out meth pregame and halftime

Nah, this sound like a weed deal.

adderral and the like will still be scrutinized I would think

 

[jedi ninja]

Nah, this sound like a weed deal.

adderral and the like will still be scrutinized I would think

Nope, none of them will be scrutinized.

Cocaine and any other drug you can think of will be handled with fines and treatment. No matter how many times you get caught either...it’s simply a fine and treatment (not mandated until it happens multiple times).

 

[TahoeLegend]

Tougher penalties for PEDs, little to no penalty for recreational drugs. The from a NFL news site:

"Under the yet-to-be-ratified CBA proposal, violators of the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs would face stricter punishment. Second offenses, in particular, would come with significant repercussions.

First-time positive tests for anabolic substances currently trigger a four-game ban. Under this CBA proposal, said offenses would cost a player six games, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reports. The 2011 CBA shelved a violator 10 games for a second offense; the proposed new agreement would result in a 17-game suspension for a second positive test, Florio adds. Additionally, players who attempt to manipulate samples will be given eight-game suspensions.

Should this CBA be ratified, disparate penalties for testing positive for anabolic substances and stimulants would take effect. The NFL will reduce the latter ban from four games to two, per Florio, and from 10 games to five for a second offense.

Stimulants and anabolic substances currently trigger the same penalty, and with the NFL not disclosing the substances for which a player tested positive, the league’s PED issues are somewhat hazy. That would change if players ratify this CBA, though the agreement would still not disclose specific substances.

This will mark a further divide between the punishment for marijuana and PEDs. The CBA would nearly decriminalize the former in the NFL, while the latter will become a costlier mistake."