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Kevin and Pat Williams along with three Saint players tested positive for a banned substance. The NFL sought to suspend them for four games under their policy. The players are not fighting the substance wasn’t in their bodies. Case closed right? Nope. It turns out the players took an over the counter supplement by Star Caps. The problem is that Star Caps did not list the banned substance on the ingredient list. How are the players to know at all times what goes in their bodies if the manufacturers lie on the ingredient list? Furthermore, the NFL drug hotline for players apparently told the players this supplement was not on the banned list. How much more can we ask of the players?
It gets better. The NFL knew this supplement secretly contained a banned substance and chose not to let the player’s union know. They didn’t inform their own hotline which is supposed to educate the players. Why wouldn’t they strive to inform their players? It’s like a cop that knocks over the speed limit sign and sits behind the corner looking to nail you.
Ultimately players are responsible for what goes in their bodies. The judge ruled against the players based on that notion. But Star Caps and the NFL clearly share a lot of blame here. More than the actual players in my opinion. Couldn’t some common sense be used here and reduce the suspension to two games? Instead these guys get lumped in with Shawne Merriman who took an actual steroid, got suspended four games and was allowed to play in the Pro Bowl. This makes sense.
Goodell and the owners can do whatever they want. There is no arbitration panel. No second set of eyes to lend common sense. The only current recourse for players is to sue or ask Goodell to reconsider (yeah right). But this nature of the NFL fits perfectly with everything else they do. Scrap 2K’s football game. Who cares if kids like it – we can make more money this way. Limit the NFL Sunday Ticket to Direct TV. Who cares if people without Direct TV might want it? This makes us more money. Let’s play 18 games. No great reason to play more games in a brutal sport that destroys players physically but it can make us more money. Remember that the NFL used to only play 14 games. Now we have rumours of an overseas Superbowl. If it can somehow line an NFL owners’ pocket with money you can bank on it no matter what people in the United States think. Dare I even mention all the public money that goes towards these expensive stadiums built all around the country? If a city won’t pay for them, the NFL will move your team out.
My love for the NFL has waned over the last few years and I’ve grown to love College Football more. The rivalries and passion of college football are great. The kids play for the love of the game. But the NFL is ALL business and a perfectly run dictatorship as well. Fidel Castro is jealous.
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The appeals allowed the punishment to be stretched into the next season which allowed the Vike's to win the division. Likely, if the team had just "taken" the punitive action last year the Bears win the Division.
Pretending the legal merit pertains agian to this season is a joke. They did break the rules as established in collective agreement now do the time like everybody else has.