[philfree]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Counterpoint: Most kids don't honestly know how long MJ stays in your system and how long you have to be off of it to pass a test. If you are a heavy user, it is shocking to some people how long it takes, it can sometimes take over 6 months.

Its probably not a matter of "He knew he had to stop by X date, and he just couldn't because he's an immature idiot", he likely stopped a few weeks before, figured that would be enough, and was wrong. Once you are drafted, get an agent, a team, etc, you'll get all the info you need on that sort of thing.

Failed Marijuana tests should have zero impact on a team's internal grade of a player. Its fine to recognize that other teams might overreact and strategically take advantage of a predicted draft stock drop, but the team shouldn't internally downgrade their assessment of a player.

I call bullshit on that if you're talking doing a UA. A hair follicle test, now that is a different story.