You want to compare a convicted felon like Tank Johnson to a couple of guys that were trying to cut weight? Or a habitually drunken loser like Cedric Benson?

Oh, and the judge said that he had gotten 4 1/2 months of evidence dumped into his lap in this case. These tests apparently occurred back in Training Camp. The NFL obviously didn’t show any sense of urgency in getting this matter resolved. . .why should the judge? Hell, as long as you’re spinning conspiracy theories over there, I could just as easily say that the joke known as Roger Goodell waited as long to announce this as he did expressly to affect the playoff picture in the NFL.

Maybe your guys that were in violation of the substance abuse policy should have had a better idea of what their rights actually were. I’m guessing that the lack of education that Chicago players had on such things is somehow Minnesota’s fault, too, yes?

It’s always big brother’s fault. Metcalf can get suspended, but not the Williams boys.

Anyone wanna bet the over-under that the judge is a Vikings fan?

Does it matter? I mean really?

Do you think that NFL players do not know about water pills masking steroids in drug tests?
Do you think they had no clue that diaretics are not allowed in the NFL?
Even if they didn’t know the previous two. Do you think they didn’t know they were suppose to check anything they put into their body with the trainer? (I’m guessing food is not checked, but any drug or supplement is)

The players can’t plead ignorance when they chose to take something without checking it out. Not all drugs are on that list. In fact new ones come out all the time. Is the NFL responsible there. No. The players have to check their stuff before taking something. That is how it works. If you don’t, you are just blaming others.

So ithe results were published and the ingredients were known?

Everyone else is on their own. If the NFL did that, this is the first time that I have read that a player specifically asked the NFL and was told it was ok.

If this is the case, I will switch my view, but I don’t understand why that point if true has not been more clearly defined in the press. I have read tons of stories and watched lots of video of debates on this and never has a person mentioned any player checking with the league first.

What would you say if the player failed to check the drug?
Are they responsible then to check first?

You have to be of the opinion that this is the rational, logical methodology to be followed:

1) Player wants to use supplement X
2) Player calls the hotline, where there is no answer
3) Player thinks to himself “Well they didn’t tell me no, I tried to call, it must be ok to use”

Even if they hotline is broken, it doesn’t absolve the player from the faulty judgment used to get to step 3 from step 2…