Re: Webber's agent spins

[Cecil Wright <nocw1@nsh.library.ns.ca>]

I agree Jim, but Shawn just doesn't seem to understand your logic.  It 
boils down to legality to him, no more no less.  Gambling is illegal in 
some states, but it takes place nonetheless.  Here is a man who doesn't 
mind a drunken athlete, but despises one who uses marijuana because he 
pays to see them perform at their best.  So alcohol, regardless of what 
it does to the body, is acceptable because it's legal as well as lethal.
Strange.

Cecil

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Jim Meninno wrote:

> That's fine, but the ban on pot has nothing to do with affecting 
> performance.  A player could smoke on off days or after games and still 
> get in trouble, so don't use that as justification for the ban.  As far 
> as alcohol, I really doubt that if you showed up drunk at work that you 
> would keep your job for very long.  Don't you understand that there is a 
> difference between saying that an employee can not do something while on 
> the clock and that they can not do it at all.  A lot of people work in 
> places where you can't smoke cigarettes, and they are completely legal.  
> 
> This is not about whether players should be allowed to smoke pot.  They 
> are not.  There are laws against it and they can be arrested for it, 
> just like everyone else.  This is about whether there is a need to 
> monitor people to see if they are breaking a law when there is no 
> evidence to suggest that they have done so (random testing).  
> 
> Jim
> 
> >From: Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>
> >Subject: Re: Webber's agent spins
> >To: celtics@igtc.COM
> >Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:44:28 -0500 (EDT)
> >
> >Once again,  Drugs are illegal.  End of story!  The KKK is not illegal 
> and
> >doesn't affect a players performance, unless of course all the non WASP 
> players
> >on the team kick his ass and he can't play!  The question isn't 
> "performance
> >enhancing" drugs, it should be "performance altering" drugs. 
> >
> >The answer to your alcohol question.  When it is illegal, then yes test 
> for it,
> >but until then you can't.  I am not tested for alcohol becuase it isn't
> >illegal or banned by my place of employment.  If it was then test me.  
> I don't
> >drink so I don't care.  
> >
> >In the end is comes down to this.  Black is Black, White is White, and 
> Illegal
> >is Illegal.  If NBA players want to smoke dope, the start the DSBA, 
> Dope
> >Smokers Basketball Association. OUT!!!!!
> >
> >Shawn
> >
> 
> 
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