Marijuana legalization is linked to significantly better recruitment for college basketball and worse outcomes for football teams, according to a new study. Researchers at Georgia College & State University and Kennesaw State University said there are numerous factors that affect recruitment trends in college athletic leagues, and so they tested the relationship between adult-use cannabis […]

  • hh93
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    21 year ago

    What could be a possible explanation for the lower football turnout?

    • @glimse
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      41 year ago

      This is baseless bullshit but…maybe getting high makes people less likely to want to hurt other people? Which is kind of the whole thing with American football. Most of the game is “hit the opposing team as hard as you can”

    • @captainlezbian
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      21 year ago

      Baseless speculation but in my experience the people more into joining a football team have been less the type to be pro weed. It’s definitely the more conservative of the major sports, especially after the CTE reveals.

    • The Barto
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      11 year ago

      What could be a possible explanation for the lower football turnout?

      Weed.