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Ferrets are Cool

(21,961 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:44 AM Mar 2018

Texas Wesleyan University baseball coach won't recruit from Colorado

The response he got from coach Mike Jeffcoat that shocked him.

The coach said he's no longer recruiting athletes from Colorado because of the state's pot-friendly drug laws.

He went on to write that players from the state have had trouble passing the school's drug test. So, they've made the decision not to take a chance on student athletes from the state.

Jeffcoat wrote, "You can thank your liberal politicians. Best of luck wherever you decide to play."


http://abc13.com/sports/texas-baseball-coach-not-high-on-players-from-colorado/3158809/

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Texas Wesleyan University baseball coach won't recruit from Colorado (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 OP
that should reverberate through Colorado like the thunder rurallib Mar 2018 #1
Duh, What? Mountain Mule Mar 2018 #7
what a fucking "moran" mikeysnot Mar 2018 #2
"You can thank your liberal politicians"? Bleacher Creature Mar 2018 #3
Their "go to" line. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #4
I guess he doesn't want any athletes from California either. Good luck winning that way. TeamPooka Mar 2018 #25
. eleny Mar 2018 #5
Speaking from the Dustbin of History utopian Mar 2018 #6
You gotta read this matt819 Mar 2018 #8
Wow, good read. nm Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #11
I'm sure they can find 11 guys who don't partake. Aristus Mar 2018 #19
What about WA, OR, AK, CA, and the other states that have legalized weed? crazycatlady Mar 2018 #9
It's possible he's never seen any applicants from those states. hunter Mar 2018 #27
I'm surprised about CA crazycatlady Mar 2018 #30
Ya'll do know they don't toke up in Texas Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #10
LMAO!!! Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #12
hey jeffcoat, go fuck yourself. spanone Mar 2018 #13
I'm sure it's the dream of every high school baseball player in Coloroado. Dread Pirate Roberts Mar 2018 #14
Not to mention that it seems to be a Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #15
Hey Jeffcoat: Gives New Meaning to the Stone(d) Age MagickMuffin Mar 2018 #16
Because of their strict adherance BillyBobBrilliant Mar 2018 #17
I think this inadvertently hits on a real issue genxlib Mar 2018 #18
This does bring up a good issue... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #20
What about getting turned down for life insurance? jberryhill Mar 2018 #21
I get what you are saying genxlib Mar 2018 #22
The Full Faith & Credit clause addresses your concerns in theory LanternWaste Mar 2018 #28
Jeffcoat got fired today Weed Man Mar 2018 #23
Marginal Player ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #24
That gets a WOW!!! Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #29
Yep. He won't be recruiting from anywhere. So sad. Too bad. WillowTree Mar 2018 #31
Well that was quick! ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #32
They have a baseball team? tazkcmo Mar 2018 #26

rurallib

(63,228 posts)
1. that should reverberate through Colorado like the thunder
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:46 AM
Mar 2018

of a silent fart.

Momentous decision there, Jeffcoat.

Mountain Mule

(1,037 posts)
7. Duh, What?
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:51 AM
Mar 2018

We're too stoned in Colorado to care.

What an asshole that coach is - yeah every last person in Colorado is a stoner who will never pass a drug test. Wesleyan's loss - not ours.

Bleacher Creature

(11,443 posts)
3. "You can thank your liberal politicians"?
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:48 AM
Mar 2018

Umm, wasn't it passed by referendum? Funny how these right wingers always need a liberal bogeyman or bogeywoman, even if the policy is supported by a majority of the public.

utopian

(1,104 posts)
6. Speaking from the Dustbin of History
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:49 AM
Mar 2018

Where is he going to recruit when cannabis is legalized nationally, as it almost certainly eventually will? I can't wait for these dinosaurs to go extinct (or at least evolve into a less assholish species).

matt819

(10,749 posts)
8. You gotta read this
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:52 AM
Mar 2018
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/article202151029.html

-snip-

Texas Wesleyan has lost more than a third of its football team after its first season in 75 years.

Fifty players from last year’s 1-10 squad (the one victory was by forfeit) will not return, including nine because of financial reasons.

Coaches and administrators say the turnover is part of NAIA football, where scholarships are limited to 16 and players endure unglamorous bus rides for road trips and play in stadiums likely smaller than what they had in high school.

Because coaches had only 16 scholarships to spread among their 131-man roster, many players applied for federal student aid — grants, loans and work-study — to cover the annual $43,664 cost at Texas Wesleyan.

-snip-

Somehow I don't think there are going to be too many broken hearts in Colorado.

Aristus

(68,434 posts)
19. I'm sure they can find 11 guys who don't partake.
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:39 PM
Mar 2018

I just hope they enjoy iron-man football, because they're going to play a lot of it...

hunter

(38,977 posts)
27. It's possible he's never seen any applicants from those states.
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 02:34 PM
Mar 2018

Otherwise he might have thought this through.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
30. I'm surprised about CA
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 03:12 PM
Mar 2018

It seems like CA is where so many MLB players are from-- I guess this school isn't one that attracts top tier players.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,934 posts)
14. I'm sure it's the dream of every high school baseball player in Coloroado.
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:59 AM
Mar 2018

I was really hoping to go to Texas Wesleyan to play NAIA baseball and get a second rate degree. There are so few other places you can get that kind of opportunity. Now those dreams are shattered. (apologies to any Texas Wesleyan graduates here on DU) I think Coach Jeffcoat overrates the value of the opportunities he has to offer-and his place in the national policy debate. He should probably stick to the comment section of his local newspaper and corresponding with his Feeper friends.

MagickMuffin

(17,155 posts)
16. Hey Jeffcoat: Gives New Meaning to the Stone(d) Age
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:08 PM
Mar 2018

Get with the program Jeffcoat. The Times They Are A Changing!!!

BillyBobBrilliant

(805 posts)
17. Because of their strict adherance
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:16 PM
Mar 2018

to a set of ideals, The Weslayan College baseball team is constantly in the news for the 'high' scores, and other shit....NOT!

Geez! it's only baseball!

genxlib

(5,705 posts)
18. I think this inadvertently hits on a real issue
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:35 PM
Mar 2018

As the legalization process slow rolls forwards, we will be left with a wide disparity of state laws.

What are the legal ramifications to getting caught up in punishment for a legal activity.

Do companies have the right to enforce drug free policies in a legal environment? Can they dictate what you can do on vacation if it is legal?

Perhaps if they had policies in place that were a condition of employment. But what if you applied for a job and were denied?

What about getting turned down for life insurance? What about those nasty states that start drug testing for medicaid?

Seems like there are a lot of potential legal traps.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,961 posts)
20. This does bring up a good issue...
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:47 PM
Mar 2018

what if a team from a "legal" state plays in a stone age state? Are the players breaking NCAA rules? From the bit of searching I've done, it seems that drug testing is still done by the NCAA and is not permitted.
So, just because this student lived in a legal state, it was absolutely irresponsible to ASSUME that he used pot.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
21. What about getting turned down for life insurance?
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:51 PM
Mar 2018

Tobacco much?

Also legal.

There are plenty of legal substances for which athletes are not allowed to test positive.

genxlib

(5,705 posts)
22. I get what you are saying
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:59 PM
Mar 2018

But I still think there is a difference with being a tobacco user (ie continuous and ongoing) versus failing a drug test.

The drug test may represent a very limited usage which has no actual bearing on health.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
28. The Full Faith & Credit clause addresses your concerns in theory
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 02:38 PM
Mar 2018

The Full Faith & Credit clause addresses your concerns in theory. Although in practice, some states have been more reticent than others, for example, applying to same-sex marriage, the clause was widely ignored by many states until Obergefell v. Hodges closed the case.

On the other hand, it was successfully applied to and invoked by the Violence Against Women Act as well as the State of Alabama being forced to recognize the adoption decree granted to a same-sex couple by a Georgia state court in 2007, the argument being predicated on the clause.

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