Smoking pot would possibly get you suspended from a crew—however you may nonetheless win the Tremendous Bowl twice, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish and Tremendous Bowl LVII champion Travis Kelce mentioned in so many phrases throughout his monologue on NBC’s Saturday Night time Stay (SNL) Sunday night.
With a second Tremendous Bowl title below his belt, Kelce grew to become the 34th athlete to host SNL, becoming a member of the ranks of athletes comparable to Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, and Ronda Rousey, ESPN reports. The Kelce household attended the taping of SNL at Studio 8H in Manhattan.
Philadelphia Eagles heart and Kelce’s brother Jason joined for one of many skits on SNL. The brothers had been one of the top topics of Super Bowl week in Glendale, Arizona—on condition that they needed to play towards one another. Each brothers started the sport with one Tremendous Bowl ring, however youthful brother Travis was the one who walked out with a second ring in a 38-35 nailbiter.
“Jason and I’ve really been enjoying soccer collectively since we had been little youngsters, and he was all the time higher than me at every part,” Kelce mentioned throughout his monologue. “In highschool, he was an honor scholar. And I bought kicked off the crew as a result of I failed French. And English too. However, French sounds manner higher. After which after we had been in faculty, I really bought kicked off the crew as a result of I examined optimistic for marijuana. So it simply goes to point out you should you smoke weed and also you’re unhealthy in school, you may win the Tremendous Bowl twice.”
Kelce mentioned that his mom drove each him and his brother house after Tremendous Bowl LVII, which led to an uncomfortable ride.
Kelce has been smoking pot for awhile, since his days enjoying in faculty. In 2010, Kelce was suspended for a full yr from enjoying with College of Cincinnati Bearcats after he examined optimistic for THC. “I bought kicked off the crew for having a bit of an excessive amount of enjoyable off the sphere,” he said, as reported by The Kansas Metropolis Star. He practically “stop soccer” over the ordeal, however the incident doesn’t seem to have impacted his view of hashish.
However thankfully, Kelce didn’t stray from his path to the Tremendous Bowl and saved enjoying regardless of the setback of lacking a full yr. The Enquirer reported in 2021 that the Bearcats transformed Kelce into a tight end. The remaining is historical past.
Pot and the NFL
Quite a few former Nationwide Soccer League (NFL) gamers have spoken to Excessive Occasions about the advantages of pot comparable to Ricky Williams, Eben Britton, Kyle Turley, Jake Plummer, and the record goes on. Lots of them have invested in hashish manufacturers.
Issues are slowly altering concerning hashish within the NFL. Since April 18, 2021, NFL gamers not need to stress about testing optimistic for hashish in random drug assessments from the league.
It’s a new period within the NFL because of a brand new collective bargaining settlement that was negotiated final yr and that established a brand new drug coverage for the league.
The NFL introduced in a press launch on Feb. 1 that it will be offering $1 million to two different researchers on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of Regina (UR) in Canada. Each analysis teams might be specializing in how cannabinoids can assist usually ache administration, with just a few different purpose research as nicely.
Gamers just like the Kelce brothers gained’t have to fret a lot about testing optimistic for pot these days.