A Sports Illustrated investigative story into the Oklahoma State football program that was split into five parts had more revelations on Thursday, as a new story reported that drug use and drug dealers were a rampant part of the Cowboys program and this comes after academic issues and paying money to players was reported on earlier in the week.
According to ESPN.com, the Sports Illustrated piece about the Cowboys football team describes drug use among players on the team as well as issues with drug dealers and players using drugs before playing games on Saturday. The report says that a number of players used drugs before playing games, including smoking marijuana and that 30 different players that were interviewed that they used drugs while with the team. The report also says that three different players said they sold drugs during the season to other players.
The report is framed around wide receiver Bo Bowling and he previously was arrested for a felony for possession of drugs as well as charges that he intended to distribute marijuana and that went down in 2009. The SI article and police report from the incident says that he had a number of pieces of paraphernalia and also had weed, Xanax and steroids as well as a digital scale, although he only served 30 days in jail and also had to do community service before coming back to the team in 2010.
The SI report also says that some players were treated differently than others and that better players had drug tests ignored while others were kicked off the team for the same reasons. The "Drugs" report on OK State comes after separate articles about a pay system and players getting money from the school as well as money from jobs from boosters for doing little or no work and the following day a report came out about academic fraud and issues related to grades, attending classes and doing school work as well as reports and taking online classes.
Coaches were in the know about the weed use on the team and the report says that the school used a loophole in the rules that allows players who have tested positive to avoid penalties if they are in counseling. Some players even called the program "Weed Circle" and the new allegations are just the latest in the story, which has another report coming out Friday about sex in the program as well.
