Don't Blow It

While sitting at home eating lunch (needed to get away from the office) I was watching ESPN and discovered that Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana use at the NFL Combine.  The commentator continued on saying that either they were stupid, or had a habitual problem.....Unfortunately, I have to agree with him.  These players know they'll be tested months before and the exact date and damn near time that they'll have to pee in that cup.  Is it too much to ask to put down the blunt for thirty days and patiently wait for the millions of dollars that will be pouring into your hands in a matter of months? I think not.

Even sadder than this stupidity is the fact that they probably won't feel the consequences very heavily.  In this economy, teams are pressed to sell all the tickets they can and will use whatever big name they can acquire to do so.  Even if Percy does drop down to the bottom of the first round, I hope the Colts stand their moral ground and pass on him; in an attempt to show the children that such behavior will not be tolerated. 

Now some of you will say, "It's just weed. What's the big deal. Hell, even our President smoked it."  This is true.  And right or wrong, a young black man at Harvard Law is viewed a bit differently than a student-athlete at the University of Florida.  President Obama spoke of his substance abuse in his autobiography; it was not nationally aired a few days before his election.  It's like the Supreme Court telling President Obama, "we're going to drug test you at the conclusion of Primaries," and him proceeding to use a drug. It makes NO sense. 

People, when using a mind altering substance, consider the life altering aspects. It might blow your high...