Our Company is a “Drug-Free Workplace”. Which means we drug test all applicants and do random drug tests anytime we choose to do so. If any of our employees test positive they are dismissed. Doesn’t matter if they are grieving, depressed, stressed, oppressed or anything else. You have to be a responsible person to do certain things. Obviously she made a mistake, but unfortunately we have to suffer the consequences of our mistakes, hopefully learn from them and move forward.
Replying to you, but also to many people here.
1st - I’m not saying she should not be banned. WADA signatories are required to apply the rules and there are good reasons for that.
2nd - That does not mean I cannot empathize with her and understand that her situation is not the same as some idiot just deciding to smoke up before the olympic trials.
3rd - She’s not working at a nuclear weapons lab. She’s not a first responder. She is a runner - one that doesn’t even have to navigate a turn. No one’s life or safety or even property is dependent on her.
4th - Just because one person is able to handle the death of a parent with poise and make clear and rational decisions does not mean everyone should be expected to. Grief can make one think pretty irrationally - such as, “I don’t care about the Olympics anymore…”
No one is expecting her to make rational decisions, unless she wants to be in the Olympics than she needs to make rational decisions or he coach should have been helping her make rational decisions.
Your 3rd point is irrelevant, if it helped her calm down before the race while others were stressed about the race it still gave her an advantage. Also haven’t you watched cool runnings? She could have knocked out the top three people if she wasn’t fully with it and they would have had to join a bobsled team. I’m only partially kidding. She still could have messed up someone’s race if she wasn’t all with it.
Is she an idiot? I don’t know. But it was an idiotic decision by her and her coach/support group not making sure she was okay after it happened.
I just watched the video apology. Now she is saying that she just heard about it from a reporter during an interview and it was actually her “biological mother”…whatever that means.
Play stoopid games win stoopid prizes. Everybody dies, deal with it.
…For smoking pot? OK, boomer. Should we also put people in jail for life for shoplifting a snickers bar? This country and our obsession with punishing people for minor drug use is archaic and embarassing.
Performance enhancing? Yeah, maybe if you’re not hungry but you know you gotta get carbs in the night before. Do me a favor and try it one time and you’ll realize how absurd the stigma against it is.
She had ZERO competitive advantage, she did not hinder anyone else’s peformance. Get rid of the damn marijuana ban and let the woman race.
This is what is screwed up in our world today. People don’t want to be responsible. And people look for ways to excuse irresponsibility. If there is a rule book then you must play according to the rules. Does not matter if you don’t like the rules. Doesn’t matter if the rules are antiquated. Nothing matters except that if you want to play the game you follow the the rules of the game. Period.
This is what is screwed up in our world today. People don’t want to be responsible. And people look for ways to excuse irresponsibility. If there is a rule book then you must play according to the rules. Does not matter if you don’t like the rules. Doesn’t matter if the rules are antiquated. Nothing matters except that if you want to play the game you follow the the rules of the game. Period.
100m winner at USAT Olympic trials tested positive for marijuana at the event and for now is out. There is apparently some consideration for giving her a 30 day ban, which would expire in time for her to race the 4x 100m relay. Since her trials result is invalidated, I’m not sure how she gets named to that team.
Her mother died just before trials (I think like a few days or a week). In a video she posted she apologized to her fans and said that she made the mistake because of her difficulty in dealing with her emotions about her mother’s death. I really feel for her. It’s easy to say she did something pretty dumb, but she is a 21 year old who was dealing with a massive amount of grief at the same time that she was about to compete in the most important event of her life.
Play stoopid games win stoopid prizes. Everybody dies, deal with it.
…For smoking pot? OK, boomer. Should we also put people in jail for life for shoplifting a snickers bar? This country and our obsession with punishing people for minor drug use is archaic and embarassing.
Performance enhancing? Yeah, maybe if you’re not hungry but you know you gotta get carbs in the night before. Do me a favor and try it one time and you’ll realize how absurd the stigma against it is.
She had ZERO competitive advantage, she did not hinder anyone else’s peformance. Get rid of the damn marijuana ban and let the woman race.
Get rid of the ban on marijuana - YES
Let her race - NO. She knew about the rules and she broke them. I think her acceptance of her error and not pleading innocence was a mature statement
Part of me is like “weed?”. Other part of me is that I’ve worked in companies my whole life where your work demands are such that they test employees.
So, on the aspect of its relevance to sports for a runner…it’s a stupid rule. On the aspect of it being the rule and needing to do it…not much pity since I’ve been under that constraint since starting my internship in college even back in 2003 or so. So have been bound by that most of my adult life.
Own it, say “I did what I wanted to do, smoke pot, and got caught. Now we pay the piper.”
Anyone in this topic claiming addiction problems with pot for this person I cannot take seriously. It’s simply a matter of self control and priorities. People cheat on their spouse and suffer the consequences but we don’t immediately say they have a sex addiction problem.
I just watched the video apology. Now she is saying that she just heard about it from a reporter during an interview and it was actually her “biological mother”…whatever that means.
You don’t understand what biological mother means? What piss poor education system did you manage to go through to not know that that means?
This is what is screwed up in our world today. People don’t want to be responsible. And people look for ways to excuse irresponsibility. If there is a rule book then you must play according to the rules. Does not matter if you don’t like the rules. Doesn’t matter if the rules are antiquated. Nothing matters except that if you want to play the game you follow the the rules of the game. Period.
Personal responsibility is important, for sure. But something else that is very sorely missing in many people in the world and America in particular is a willingness to look at things from the perspective of another person. To try to truly understand their situation and empathize with it. Expecting perfection from some people and rationalizing ANY punishment in the absence of their perfection while accepting imperfection in ourselves (none of us are perfect, after all) is hypocrisy driving a lot of our problems.
I just watched the video apology. Now she is saying that she just heard about it from a reporter during an interview and it was actually her “biological mother”…whatever that means.
You don’t understand what biological mother means? What piss poor education system did you manage to go through to not know that that means?
You’ve seen his posting in the lavender room. Is it really a surprise?
Hey big John - I have a biological mother and I have an adoptive mother. One gave birth to me and I never met her. She has since passed. My adoptive mother raised me as her own and I consider her my mother. She has also since passed, as some old-timers here may recall. So her comment about her biological mother is not such a surprise.
As for her testing positive? Stupid thing to do. She should’ve known better or should’ve had people around her to direct her into better decisions.
This is what is screwed up in our world today. People don’t want to be responsible. And people look for ways to excuse irresponsibility. If there is a rule book then you must play according to the rules. Does not matter if you don’t like the rules. Doesn’t matter if the rules are antiquated. Nothing matters except that if you want to play the game you follow the the rules of the game. Period.
You’re right - I’m going to walk back a portion of what I said. Frustration fueled the response as I’m sick of seeing so many bans for a silly reason. And the call for lifetime ban is laughable.
However, ehe other athletes followed the rules. She should have.
I call for the rules to be changed immediately. Its legal in half the country and has no positive impact on performance. My heart breaks for her having such a dispropotionate consequence for a minor action.
Rules that aren’t justified should not be rules. My town just outside of Nashville had an absurd beer ordinance in that alchohol sales must make up <50% of revenue. It suffocated the bar/restaurant business, and harmed the commerical growth of the town. People realized it was ridiculous and we got rid of the rule. Do the same here.
Our Company is a “Drug-Free Workplace”. Which means we drug test all applicants and do random drug tests anytime we choose to do so. If any of our employees test positive they are dismissed. Doesn’t matter if they are grieving, depressed, stressed, oppressed or anything else. You have to be a responsible person to do certain things. Obviously she made a mistake, but unfortunately we have to suffer the consequences of our mistakes, hopefully learn from them and move forward.
Certain drugs I would guess? Plenty of “responsible” people using doctor prescribed drugs that can be just as impairing as recreational drugs.
It depends on the job. If you’re doing heavy machinery work and hopped up on Percocet, you could be gone in certain scenarios even if it is a prescription. In that situation you should still be a responsible adult and inform your manager of the situation and determine the best way to handle it.
I was thinking more sleeping pills, I know Ambien often leaves me considerably more “hungover” the following day than smoking pot ever has.
I could see that, I had ambian after my last knee surgery because the brace was making it so I couldn’t sleep at all. I was fine in the morning but holy hell I was out at night.
I was thinking about it from the perspective when I was a broker when I got my first knee surgery. I don’t have a problem working on pain medicine, but I also didn’t want to mess up a trade because I wasn’t completely with it and this was the first surgery I had after college. They just pulled me out of the trade queue for a couple weeks till I felt better. I can guarantee oh I was on pain meds and didn’t tell anyone would have been a good excuse.
I just watched the video apology. Now she is saying that she just heard about it from a reporter during an interview and it was actually her “biological mother”…whatever that means.
You don’t understand what biological mother means? What piss poor education system did you manage to go through to not know that that means?
Thank you for the kind reply. No, I mean her whole statement. A reporter told her in an interview? Why would a reporter do that in an interview?
The video I’m referring to is further down in the OP…looks like was from ABC’s twitter account.
This is what is screwed up in our world today. People don’t want to be responsible. And people look for ways to excuse irresponsibility. If there is a rule book then you must play according to the rules. Does not matter if you don’t like the rules. Doesn’t matter if the rules are antiquated. Nothing matters except that if you want to play the game you follow the the rules of the game. Period.
What’s so screwed up on this one? She admitted she did it, accepted responsibility. Everyone in this thread is in agreement the sanction is righteous. Just some are questioning why THC is banned at all.
Are you upset that she provided context? I still put her way above a lot of other athletes who fabricate intricate excuses for complete innocence.
Lot of screwed up things about today’s world. Don’t really feel that Sha’Carri Richardson makes the first few volumes of that book.
This is what is screwed up in our world today. People don’t want to be responsible. And people look for ways to excuse irresponsibility. If there is a rule book then you must play according to the rules. Does not matter if you don’t like the rules. Doesn’t matter if the rules are antiquated. Nothing matters except that if you want to play the game you follow the the rules of the game. Period.
What’s so screwed up on this one? She admitted she did it, accepted responsibility. Everyone in this thread is in agreement the sanction is righteous. Just some are questioning why THC is banned at all.
Are you upset that she provided context? I still put her way above a lot of other athletes who fabricate intricate excuses for complete innocence.
Lot of screwed up things about today’s world. Don’t really feel that Sha’Carri Richardson makes the first few volumes of that book.
Gotcha. Sorry. I don’t think there should be any question about a ban. And I’d have held back the excuse-sounding context as personal if I’d been popped (which I won’t be). I hear you.