The athletic director?

Meh. Caffeine headaches have become part of the climate for me now.

Ssebo

4/23/17 10:11pm

Can't you skip caffeine for 3 hours? Seems so insignificant even to me.

Bullrider

4/23/17 10:11pm

No. Caffeine free drinks are nasty.

crazY

4/23/17 10:14pm

Root Beer?

Cougar TD

4/23/17 10:17pm

Water? That's all I drink

GeauxCougs

4/23/17 10:19pm

Should have been more clear: caffeine free Coke and Diet Coke are gross.

crazY

4/24/17 12:24am

That's called "addiction".

Skysthelimit

4/24/17 12:04am

Not even close. Mormons have a very skewed definition of addiction

Dissenter

4/24/17 9:09am

That's a gross generalization. Many people don't understand addiction

(Private)

4/24/17 8:16pm

That is a generalization as well.

Cougstreak

4/25/17 8:35am

Yes, I do already. Game would be more enjoyable with a drink I like in my hand.

LouisianaCoug

4/23/17 10:19pm

For me it's just the principle that we're positively reinforcing a fake rule

Harrison0Yfan

4/24/17 2:07am

Exactly.

Shore10

4/24/17 4:57am

If this false doctrine was really a problem they would address it.

MormonThug

4/24/17 7:35am

Well, if that's the line of reasoning, just don't sell soda at all.

Chambana Coug

4/24/17 7:40am

No t the same line of reasoning. One requores a change. The other doesn't.

MormonThug

4/24/17 8:00am

Have you considered why the choice was originally made?

Chambana Coug

4/24/17 8:47am

cuz somebody was a little over-zealous about some good advice i assume.

MormonThug

4/24/17 9:28am

The only reason why I care is that it makes Mormons look hypocritical

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 9:52am

there's church/institutional rules, and there's commandments.

MormonThug

4/24/17 10:05am

But there is no church rule against caffeine. It's just BYU's rule. I can easily pull some

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 10:16am

To be fair, it isn't even a rule at BYU. You can drink caffeine all you want.

Baron

4/24/17 10:27am

True. I just find it ironic that they would sell one form of caffeine and not the other.

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 10:41am

Is that caffeine or theobromine?

Fdnman

4/24/17 10:50am

"Theobromine is a close relative of caffeine, but has one-tenth the strength"

Fdnman

4/24/17 10:53am

My argument for LES selling O'Douls is similar

NotOfYourFaithBYUFAN

4/24/17 2:12pm

Yes. We ought to brew our own brand. Reference D&C 89

AZcougLawyer

4/25/17 11:55am

Can't say I'm familiar with that scripture. No idea what it means

NotOfYourFaithBYUFAN

4/25/17 3:20pm

My reading of it is

AZcougLawyer

4/25/17 5:28pm

Full disclosure ill be quoting u if im ever removed from LES for drinking it

NotOfYourFaithBYUFAN

4/25/17 6:25pm

You go ahead and justify eating that bag of M&Ms anyway you want.

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 11:22am

I personally don't care much for chocolate candy at all...it is just a false

Fdnman

4/24/17 11:24am

RE: I personally don't care much for chocolate candy at all...it is just a false

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 12:31pm

false equivalence and wrong numbers, sorry for the length

here's to hoping

4/25/17 9:42am

Nice post...and not because I refuse to consume black soda. I fully recognize

SWP

4/25/17 10:26am

BYU-I too 😁

Paperbag Byu Fan

4/24/17 12:36pm

Same with beards, shorts, etc. Caffeine is easy...I just tell people we don't

Fdnman

4/24/17 10:06am

Like said above, caffeine is a BYU rule and not a Church rule. I think

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 10:22am

They specifically requested it ISN'T SOLD.

Shore10

4/24/17 5:09pm

Because it takes soooooooo much time to say "This is a dumb culture thing at BYU, let's stop it".

Fatalplacebo

4/24/17 8:30am

they DID address! the church published a statement. next step, allow at BYU

Kerbouchard

4/24/17 11:00am

Well, they are actually allowed at BYU, you just can't buy them at BYU

SWP

4/24/17 11:07am

True. I attended a conference on campus at the Marriott School of Management

Rob of NV

4/24/17 2:50pm

Do you have a reference or link to the LDS Church statement on caffeine?

Rob of NV

4/24/17 2:46pm

Google?

Cougstreak

4/24/17 2:51pm

You mean like they did here?

Harrison0Yfan

4/24/17 3:18pm

The fact they are EXCLUDING it means they already made it an issue.

Shore10

4/24/17 5:08pm

Spot on.

Roko's Basilisk

4/24/17 10:47am

YES!!!!!!!!

Kerbouchard

4/24/17 10:57am

Just remember... Brigham Young was a polygamist.

kcca

4/24/17 11:27am

Probably needed caffiene more than any of us...

Kuga

4/25/17 2:07pm

LES wod def. sell more soda and make more $ by selling caffeine sodas

DumpsterFire

4/24/17 4:04pm

REALLY!

GreatNWCoug

4/24/17 5:48pm

It's not a fake rule, it's just not taught in the WofW. Caffeine was taught

IronPotato

4/25/17 4:10pm

Again, most recent statement said it wasn't church policy.

Harrison0Yfan

4/25/17 8:46pm

Would you be ok with gluten free and sugar free food only as well?

crm48

4/24/17 10:07pm

While we are at it, why not food altogether? People can go without it at sporting events for 3 hours. Jeesh!

Rhino84

4/25/17 9:54am