Texas Wesleyan baseball coach under investigation after saying he doesn’t recruit players from Colorado due to ‘trouble passing our drug test’

Source: thecomeback.com --- Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Texas Wesleyan head Baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat is under investigation by the university after an email showed him telling a high school Baseball player that they don’t recruit players from Colorado because those players struggle to pass drug tests. A Cherokee Trail High School (Aurora, CO) Baseball player showed interest in attending Texas Wesleyan, and received an email response from Jeffcoat saying that “[Colorado] players have had trouble passing our drug test.” Jeffcoat also told the high schooler in the email, “You can thank your liberal politicians,” which is obviously referring to Colorado’s recreational marijuana laws. Here’s a screencap of the email tweeted out by 104.3 The Fan (Denver) radio host Darren McKee on Wednesday: Lol THIS really happened. Smh. pic.twitter.com/bF9ywQw15d — Darren McKee (@dmac1043) February 28, 2018 “Thanks for the interest in our program. Unfortunately, we are not recruiting players from the state of Colorado. In the past, players have had trouble passing our drug test. We have made a decision to not take a chance on Student-athletes from your state. You can thank your liberal politicians. Best of Luck wherever you decide to play. Texas Wesleyan released a statement about Jeffcoat being under investigation for the comments, and said, “the comments he made are in no way a reflection of Texas Wesleyan University, its values or its recruiting practices.” We are aware of the email sent by our ba ...

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