Brown42000
Perennial All-Pro
Nice avatar.I want him back too!! What a combo that would be. Ricky just needs to get his act together though, hopefully that can happen.:D
Nice avatar.I want him back too!! What a combo that would be. Ricky just needs to get his act together though, hopefully that can happen.:D
Smoking pot doesn't seem to have hurt his ability to run the ball, so what the heck does that matter? The only real negative to it is the fact that the NFL is so farking short-sighted and narrow-minded that they suspend players for it.
Instead of busting on Ricky for exercising his inalienable right to choose how to medicate himself, let's bust on the NFL and the ignoramuses in our society who think they have some authority - moral or otherwise - to regulate what sovereign individuals put into their bodies.
He was suspended for life from the league. He has to apply for reinstatment.
And with all of hte off the field issues the Bengals had, with Merriman, and all of the black eyes the league has took. They MIGHT use Ricky as a poster boy and show all of the current players that if you F' up you ARE GONE FOR LIFE!!
That wouldn't surprise me at all
Yes he was suspended for a year, but he has to apply for reinstatement for the 2007 season and return after approval from the NFL commissioner. I think if he applies, he will get reinstated. Comparing the Bengals' problems with his are like comparing apples and oranges. I dont think the commissioner will hold him out.
If we do get him back, I would try to trade him for a 1st day pick, if possible, if not then keep him.
:shakeno: Wow..i dont givbe a crap i dont want his pot smokin *** on the team we would start ronnie anyway
This is just insane!
Lets break it down.
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Certain medications are performance enhancing.
Lastly. Yeah lets just tell the NFL to stop telling people what they can put in their bodies. That way we can start seeing more players come in at 260 pounds when two, three years before that they were a buck fifty. Then when some of these players start dying from the speed and ephedrine they can sue the league for not warning them.....
This is just insane!
Lets break it down.
The NFL is not the only Business that tests for illegal substances. Most jobs do this.
Weed is illegal.
It wasn't just weed. It wasn't just once either.
Certain medications are performance enhancing.
Lastly. Yeah lets just tell the NFL to stop telling people what they can put in their bodies. That way we can start seeing more players come in at 260 pounds when two, three years before that they were a buck fifty. Then when some of these players start dying from the speed and ephedrine they can sue the league for not warning them.....
Screw the NFL. lol
Ultimately the NFL is a private business and they can do whatever they want, and the athletes agree to the parameters when they sign up.
BUT, the point is, the govt. has no authority to regulate what sovereign individuals put in their bodies. And most of the uproar against things like weed ultimately reduce to "but it's illegal." Well no, it's not, not really. An invalid law has no authority and should be ignored.
Performance enhancing drugs (eg, steroids) actually have an effect on the integrity of the game, and it makes sense for orgs like the NFL, NBA, etc. to ban those... but weed has never - to my knowledge - been demonstrated to have any performance enhancing effect. So instead of people getting all up in arms about Ricky Williams smoking a joint, they should get up in arms over narrow minded idiots making rash judgments that are based on a fundamentally ridiculous idea: that "society" gets to tell individuals what they can and can't do with their own bodies.