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The father of Oregon wide receiver Darren Carrington Jr. claims his son did not smoke marijuana and was simply in a room where others were smoking and inhaled secondhand smoke.
Carrington Jr., the Ducks' second-leading receiver, was suspended from the national championship game after a random NCAA drug test revealed marijuana in his system.
In a phone interview with Aaron Fentress of Comcast SportsNet, Darren Carrington Sr., said his son was in a room with several people who were smoking marijuana, but that his son never smoked it.
"It's unfortunate that it was such a high price to pay for something like that," Carrington Sr. told the station.
"He worked his butt off, got in when he got in, took advantage of his opportunities then in two weeks he blows up. He becomes one of the guys and then just like that, it's done."
Carrington Jr. had emerged during the Pac-12 Championship and the College Football Playoff Semifinal game against Florida State. In those two contests, Carrington Jr. had amassed 14 catches for 291 yards and three touchdowns. The yardage was more than 40 percent of his total for the entire season and he had just one touchdown prior to those contests.
Carrington Sr. said the test was administered the week of the Rose Bowl and the results were not known until the week before the title game. Carrington Sr. said his son tested positive for 15 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. The NCAA threshold for testing positive is five nanograms, according to an article released by SI.com following the suspension. That same article also noted that the NFL minimum threshold for testing positive is 35 nanograms and that a minimum of 50 nanograms is used to grade airline pilots.
Last week, the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports informally proposed changes to the NCAA drug policy, which would focus more on PEDs and less on recreational drug use. In the 30 years since the NCAA starting testing for recreational drugs, marijuana use has stayed consistent and opiate use has gone up. The committee actually recommended collaborating with universities to find ways to deter use rather than punish for it.
Carrington Sr. noted that his family plans to appeal any further suspensions that might be imposed for the 2015 season. The NCAA did deny an appeal by Oregon the week of the title game.
"Unfortunately sometimes you feel like if I'm around friends and they're doing it, as long as I'm not doing it I'm good," Carrington Sr. said. "That's the next phase of conversations we will be having. Sometimes you have to be that guy who gets up and removes himself."
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Carrington Jr., the Ducks' second-leading receiver, was suspended from the national championship game after a random NCAA drug test revealed marijuana in his system.
In a phone interview with Aaron Fentress of Comcast SportsNet, Darren Carrington Sr., said his son was in a room with several people who were smoking marijuana, but that his son never smoked it.
"It's unfortunate that it was such a high price to pay for something like that," Carrington Sr. told the station.
"He worked his butt off, got in when he got in, took advantage of his opportunities then in two weeks he blows up. He becomes one of the guys and then just like that, it's done."
Carrington Jr. had emerged during the Pac-12 Championship and the College Football Playoff Semifinal game against Florida State. In those two contests, Carrington Jr. had amassed 14 catches for 291 yards and three touchdowns. The yardage was more than 40 percent of his total for the entire season and he had just one touchdown prior to those contests.
Carrington Sr. said the test was administered the week of the Rose Bowl and the results were not known until the week before the title game. Carrington Sr. said his son tested positive for 15 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. The NCAA threshold for testing positive is five nanograms, according to an article released by SI.com following the suspension. That same article also noted that the NFL minimum threshold for testing positive is 35 nanograms and that a minimum of 50 nanograms is used to grade airline pilots.
Last week, the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports informally proposed changes to the NCAA drug policy, which would focus more on PEDs and less on recreational drug use. In the 30 years since the NCAA starting testing for recreational drugs, marijuana use has stayed consistent and opiate use has gone up. The committee actually recommended collaborating with universities to find ways to deter use rather than punish for it.
Carrington Sr. noted that his family plans to appeal any further suspensions that might be imposed for the 2015 season. The NCAA did deny an appeal by Oregon the week of the title game.
"Unfortunately sometimes you feel like if I'm around friends and they're doing it, as long as I'm not doing it I'm good," Carrington Sr. said. "That's the next phase of conversations we will be having. Sometimes you have to be that guy who gets up and removes himself."
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Darren Carrington's dad says his son didn't smoke marijuana, inhaled secondhand smoke
Author: Graham Watson
Contact: dr.saturday@ymail.com
Photo Credit: Jamie Chung
Website: Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
