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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 […]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months 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"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

Weed.