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Weed Man

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Weed Man's Journal
March 1, 2018

Texas Wesleyan fires Mike Jeffcoat for rejecting recruit over Colorado pot laws

Source: ESPN

Texas Wesleyan University has fired baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat for sending an email to a high school prospect saying the school doesn't recruit players from the state of Colorado because of failed drug tests.

Jeffcoat, a former MLB pitcher, was fired for "his remarks as well as the NAIA violations under his watch," university president Frederick G. Slabach told reporters Thursday.

"This university and its athletic program does not discriminate on the basis of the public policy of any state," Slabach said. "We look at the individual student. We care about those students."

Jeffcoat wrote an email to the high school prospect, thanking him for his interest in the program.

Read more: http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/22615612/texas-wesleyan-university-fires-baseball-coach-mike-jeffcoat-rejecting-recruit-colorado-marijuana-laws



(Mods, this is relevant, because it involved politics AND pot laws)

I say good, and add that Mr. Jeffcoat needs to be blackballed from coaching anywhere on a level that isn't higher than PeeWee baseball.
February 12, 2018

Obama's portrait already has me thinking about Orange Shitgibbon's future portrait.

Can it just be him behind bars with his orange jumpsuit (matching his fake tan?)

Melania can probably decline.

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