Here's a new spin.....

[Drfletcherdc]

I wonder if the media believes half of the stuff they write or do they just try to stir the "pot".

 

[ASCII]

After reading some of these replies, I guess it would be safe to say, some will never get over their selfishness??

 

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Ricky Williams has always been a productive football player whenever he carried the ball. When he was running for the Dolphins, they were an above-.500 team despite the coaching of Dave Wannstedt.

:rofl3:

 

[Mauler]

Had to be repeated.

Wrong. Ricky intentionally flunked his test(i.e. he could have masked it, but didnt care to play the charade any longer). He had his mind made up about wanting to take some time away from the coaches/game before the results came out. It was possible that it would be permanent hiatus, but in this case it wasnt. And it is part of the job, they can fire him and he can walk out the door like just like any other business in the world. They would NOT have given him notice. So the Dolphins/fans/coworkers were not entitled to receive one either. Not on the business side of things at least.

 

[yankeehillbilly]

Wasn't it known he was in the substance abuse program before the 2 positive tests last offseason? I don't see how it's dishonest for him not to say "hey everybody, I'm smoking dope." If he didn't say anything, how could he have been lying? It would have been dishonest if he had denied it when accused like many in MLB. Which, I think, is the point the author was trying to make.

A lie of omission is still a lie.
Besides, taking making agents to give false results on a drug test is a lie in and of itself.

 

[Mauler]

A lie of omission is still a lie.
Besides, taking making agents to give false results on a drug test is a lie in and of itself.

And he said he was tired of that lie. Even though plenty of people are still abusing the system and the NFL knows it. In this particular case, he was being very up-front and deceit was what others were using and he no longer cared to handle himself in that fashion.

 

[DuderinoN703]

Ricky Williams did not leave football because he "got religion". He didn't leave to "find himself" or because football wasn't "fun". He left because he found dope -- or more precisely, because the NFL found out he had found dope!

Ah, you must be Ricky's brother. I must've forgotten that you can read his brainwaves from a distance. Yuppie Bills fan :evil:

 

[CanadaPhinsFan]

A lie of omission is still a lie.
Besides, taking making agents to give false results on a drug test is a lie in and of itself.

A lie of omission? Wow, you must really hate him!

Take a moment to think about the context of the article. Why is it that you dislike RW so much? If he hadn't left the team, but continued to do drugs and use masking agents, you would probably still be his fan. Is it because of selfish reasons that you don't like him (ie he does drugs, which doesn't fit into your personal belief system)?

The NFL is a business in which the team has all the power. That's why they don't like RW....he took the power away from them. In a world of control, he's the one person they can't control. It must drive them absolutely insane.

 

[Mike13]

Intresting read.