PorkerPoke
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With the 5 hoops players (6 with Washington) dealing with problems in the program, the situation is applicable to all sports and is found written into every athletic programs policies. Regardless of any of the varying opinions of the fans, it is an agreement/condition of participating in athletics.
Here is the NCAA list: http://www.ncaa.org/health-and-safety/policy/2014-15-ncaa-banned-drugs
The UW policy in a state where a certain drug is still illegal: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...013-14/misc_non_event/2013-14_SA_handbook.pdf
The CSU policy in a state where a certain drug is legal: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...isc_non_event/csu-drug-edu-testing-policy.pdf
It is basically a 3 strikes and you are out policy. Every student knows coming in what the rules are. The individual institutions within the NCAA have to have policies. Since you are on full scholarship consider that at a place like UW you are getting a $20,000 a year benefit as to what a typical student from another state pays even with some academic achievement credits for tuition and residential costs. That might even be a low figure for UW and it is compared to many other colleges nationally. Run that out over 4-5 years and it is easily a $100,000 debt the athlete will not have to be burdened with as compared to the average student paying their way through their time at a college. Here is where the $20k figure comes from: http://trends.collegeboard.org/coll...ition-and-fees-and-room-and-board-over-time-1
So the question is - is it really that unreasonable to expect a student to uphold their end of the agreement?
Here is the NCAA list: http://www.ncaa.org/health-and-safety/policy/2014-15-ncaa-banned-drugs
The UW policy in a state where a certain drug is still illegal: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...013-14/misc_non_event/2013-14_SA_handbook.pdf
The CSU policy in a state where a certain drug is legal: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...isc_non_event/csu-drug-edu-testing-policy.pdf
It is basically a 3 strikes and you are out policy. Every student knows coming in what the rules are. The individual institutions within the NCAA have to have policies. Since you are on full scholarship consider that at a place like UW you are getting a $20,000 a year benefit as to what a typical student from another state pays even with some academic achievement credits for tuition and residential costs. That might even be a low figure for UW and it is compared to many other colleges nationally. Run that out over 4-5 years and it is easily a $100,000 debt the athlete will not have to be burdened with as compared to the average student paying their way through their time at a college. Here is where the $20k figure comes from: http://trends.collegeboard.org/coll...ition-and-fees-and-room-and-board-over-time-1
So the question is - is it really that unreasonable to expect a student to uphold their end of the agreement?
