thats a shame. Good thing the CFL doesn't have a ridiculous drug policy on marijuana! Sure hope he decides to return to continue playing in the CFL ...
Sorry DG .. I should have better explained my sarcastic remark .. I mean - Thankfully my team (Calgary Gators) and my league (AFL) does not have a ridiculous suspended-in-another-league policy .. suggesting that Ricky is more than welcome to come and run the ball for us if he cant in the NFL/CFL.
its a shame that the CFL would turn away a player like Mr Williams due to being suspended in another league. Especially with the number of current CFL players that are smokin the herb ..
if a player is suspended in the NFL for reasons the CFL would suspend one of its players for, then he shouldnt be allowed to play here.
but, if the player is suspended in another league for something the CFL doesnt suspend its players for ( smoking dope for example )then theres a grey area.
I’m not so sure about that.
I believe the Argos waved the option year in order for him to play. Had they not done so he would not have been able to sign because he would have been under contract for both teams this year.
i dont think the CFL waved the option and made a special contract just for him.... but the argos and cfl clairified with the dolphins that THEY ( the dolphins ) own his option year, and the argos and other cfl teams can't make claim to it, since it is technically already picked up by the dolphins.
Pelley said in the off-season the CFL's board of governors passed a code of conduct policy preventing its teams from signing players under suspension by other leagues, including the NFL.
"I can definitively say Ricky Williams will not be in the CFL this season," Pelley said.
What I don't get is.... He knew the consequences, he knew what would happen if he tested positive......I thought he was a well spoken young man, but obviously he had me fooled. Why would you risk all that to smoke a few joints? :roll: :roll: :roll:
I don’t get it either. And isn’t weed not supposed to be physically addictive anyway? As in, you don’t NEED another joint like a heroine addict would NEED another hit?