Texas Wesleyan University baseball coach won't recruit from Colorado

[Ferrets are Cool]

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/

[rurallib]

1. that should reverberate through Colorado like the thunder

of a silent fart.

Momentous decision there, Jeffcoat.

[Mountain Mule]

7. Duh, What?

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.

[mikeysnot]

2. what a fucking "moran"

texas... go figure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-players-fight-pain-with-medical-marijuana-managing-it-with-pills-was-slowly-killing-me/2017/05/02/676e4e62-2e80-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?utm_term=.9786d16912c7

[Bleacher Creature]

3. "You can thank your liberal politicians"?

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.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Their "go to" line.

[TeamPooka]

25. I guess he doesn't want any athletes from California either. Good luck winning that way.

[eleny]

5. .

..... .....

[utopian]

6. Speaking from the Dustbin of History

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]

8. You gotta read this

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.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Wow, good read. nm

[Aristus]

19. I'm sure they can find 11 guys who don't partake.

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

[crazycatlady]

9. What about WA, OR, AK, CA, and the other states that have legalized weed?

[hunter]

27. It's possible he's never seen any applicants from those states.

Otherwise he might have thought this through.

[crazycatlady]

30. I'm surprised about CA

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

[Bradshaw3]

10. Ya'll do know they don't toke up in Texas

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. LMAO!!!

[spanone]

13. hey jeffcoat, go fuck yourself.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

14. I'm sure it's the dream of every high school baseball player in Coloroado.

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.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. Not to mention that it seems to be a

horrible place to play sports.

[MagickMuffin]

16. Hey Jeffcoat: Gives New Meaning to the Stone(d) Age

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

[BillyBobBrilliant]

17. Because of their strict adherance

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]

18. I think this inadvertently hits on a real issue

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]

20. This does bring up a good issue...

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]

21. What about getting turned down for life insurance?

Tobacco much?

Also legal.

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

[genxlib]

22. I get what you are saying

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]

28. The Full Faith & Credit clause addresses your concerns in theory

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.

[Weed Man]

23. Jeffcoat got fired today

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/22615612/texas-wesleyan-university-fires-baseball-coach-mike-jeffcoat-rejecting-recruit-colorado-marijuana-laws

That's the consequence of his stupidity.

Texas Wesleyan made the right call, especially when they are struggling in the athletics department (football lost 9 players this year)

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Marginal Player

Marginal coach. Marginal intellect. Good riddance.

[Ferrets are Cool]

29. That gets a WOW!!!

[WillowTree]

31. Yep. He won't be recruiting from anywhere. So sad. Too bad.

[ProudLib72]

32. Well that was quick!

Someone is on the ball at TX Wesleyan.

[tazkcmo]

26. They have a baseball team?

Who knew?