New York Post

Rutgers’ drug policy good ‘four’ what?

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HOW many times can a Rutgers student be caught cheating on a test before he or she’s thrown out? Once? Maybe twice? But certainly not four.

With RU’s football program accused of a pile of violations, including the subjugatio­n of failed drug tests, the Asbury Park Press on Friday reported AD Pat Hobbs’s drug policy would not result in a player’s dismissal until he or she failed a fourth test for “hard” drugs and/or illegal PEDs. Four.

Shucks, a 75 percent tolerance policy! And not until after their fourth chance can a student-athlete get what schools, coaches and media call, “a second chance.”

Goodness, Jay Bilas, who worked ESPN’s DukeLouisv­ille, takes himself seriously. And, man, does he speak matters of maybe as matters of fact.

Remarkable: Duke Blue Devils and Louisville Cards played in their traditiona­l, nickname-coordinate­d school colors, nei- ther wore their black uniforms.

Saturday on the Investigat­ion and Discovery Channel’s “See No Evil,” the 1999 abduction and murder of a young woman in Moose Lake, Minnesota was recounted. Donald

Blom, convicted of the crime, was identified in a grainy store surveillan­ce video by the Yankees’ No. 23 Don Mattingly shirt he wore.

Falcons having done a good job dealing with/ shutting up Seattle DB Ri

chard Sherman, reader Rich Finley, Oaklyn, N.J., suggests the headline: “Atlanta Burns Sherman.”

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