aces of cocaine and marijuana were found (Price 50). Instead of being drafted in the top five, he was drafted in the top ten. A team used its number one draft choice (the player they thought would help their team out the best) on a known drug user. Any corporation in America would not hire a drug user to fill a major executive position. If a team decides to choose a player like Sapp, they need to monitor his drug abuse and test him until they are absolutely positive he is clean. The NFL needs to test its players more. They also need to give random drug tests to all the players throughout the year. If the players have not been caught for drugs in the annual urine screening in training camp, that is probably the only time they will have to be tested all year (Adams 19). The player’s know they are tested in the pre-season so they can prepare themselves to pass the test. If they knew sometime during the year they were going to get tested, they would be forced to stop using drugs during the season. If not random tests during the entire season, the NFL should test its player’s quarterly. This would cause players to limit their drug use during the season to a minimal amount. This sounds like a good idea, but is testing the players that often really fair.Testing the players more often would probably reduce the players using drugs. Testing people for all jobs annually would reduce the amount of drug users in society. That is not fair and not constitutional either. During an interview with John Mobley, a player for the Denver Broncos, he was asked what he thought about giving more random drug tests to the NFL players. He replied, “Random drug testing does reduce the amount of players using drugs during the season. How many times are teachers tested per year, none! Their job is a lot more important to society then being a football player. How come they are not giving random drug tests?” Mobley has a gre...
