Bryant Suspended for 1 year

[tomdalton22]

Martavus Bryant suspended for a year for substance abuse.

These guys are SO stupid!!!

 

[inkfreq]

MINIMUM one year. Just like Josh Gordon, the NFL does not have to reinstate after the year is up.

That better be some amazingly good weed to give up $600K over.

 

[Mitchrapp]

"..In other words, the NFL makes you work really hard to earn a year-long ban. Two of Bryant's "fails" were no-shows, which is treated as a straight fail for obvious reasons."

 

[Mitchrapp]

Nice young ball player too. Unbelievable.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Apparently he failed 6 tests. How do fail 6 times and why did it tale the league so long to do something.

 

[inkfreq]

Apparently he failed 6 tests. How do fail 6 times and why did it tale the league so long to do something.

SIX?! How is failing six tests even a thing that can happen? Holy shit!

 

[tbone413]

Not making excuses for the kid, he clearly has some big time issues, but I am curious as to when the tests were given. marijuana stays in the system atleast 30 days, so if he got tested more than once in a 30 day span, that could explain why he has so many...

But, regardless, there is no excuse to be smoking at all when you know you will be tested, and especially if youve already been caught/suspended once.

I hope he gets his act together - I hate seeing people waste their talent. I also wish the NFL would let him (and other suspended players) stick with the team while they are serving their ban...they dont have to play/practice/travel, but they should atleast be able to maintain contact with their peers...if you are struggling with an addiction the best thing in the world is staying busy/having a solid support group. NFL teams (all professional teams) are super close knit and live structured lives....I dont really see how essentially banishing him from a big portion of his support group for an entire year helps anything...but just my two cents.

 

[everyoneneedsasmil]

Just a thought, but will it still be legal to test for and suspend players over Marijuana once it becomes legal all over? Not implying he should or shouldn't be penalized now, just wondering for the future.

But for all the seriously heinous crap that players aren't even slapped on the wrist for, it seems kinda silly how many games are missed to something as relatively harmless as pot.

 

[tonyballs]

And some of you Doom and Gloomers were ripping on the Lions for not drafting this guy. Lol

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Just a thought, but will it still be legal to test for and suspend players over Marijuana once it becomes legal all over? Not implying he should or shouldn't be penalized now, just wondering for the future.

But for all the seriously heinous crap that players aren't even slapped on the wrist for, it seems kinda silly how many games are missed to something as relatively harmless as pot.

Won't matter if pot is legalized everywhere......it's an NFL rule......so until the NFL changes their rules on it everything will stay the same.

And yes, it's stupid....but I get why they do it.

 

[sggatecl]

And some of you Doom and Gloomers were ripping on the Lions for not drafting this guy. Lol

Another bullet happily dodged. Not my monkeys, not my circus!

 

[inkfreq]

Just a thought, but will it still be legal to test for and suspend players over Marijuana once it becomes legal all over? Not implying he should or shouldn't be penalized now, just wondering for the future.

But for all the seriously heinous crap that players aren't even slapped on the wrist for, it seems kinda silly how many games are missed to something as relatively harmless as pot.

Booger is right, until the NFL changes the ruling, it's still going to be bannable while it's legal publicly.

An example right now is the Broncos. Players play in a state where weed is legal. They can't smoke it without facing a ban.

Yes, workplaces have the right to regulate legal substances, especially at work. You can be fired for being an alcoholic, even if you don't show up at work drunk. You can be fired for smoking pot, even if you don't show up stoned.

Any employer can mandate you take a drug screening, which can show alcohol use for a 72 hour period. Once you show up with alcohol in your blood system, you can be fired. You may have drank three days ago.. it's still in the system.. and you'r gone.

Pot will be no different, except it can be detected longer.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Won't matter if pot is legalized everywhere......it's an NFL rule......so until the NFL changes their rules on it everything will stay the same.

And yes, it's stupid....but I get why they do it.

I don't think it's stupid. If the rule changes you'll get a guy smoking week on a Tuesday or in the off-season to smoking weed in the huddle or at least during the game.

 

[inkfreq]

I don't think it's stupid. If the rule changes you'll get a guy smoking week on a Tuesday or in the off-season to smoking weed in the huddle or at least during the game.

That's a pretty big stretch. Alcohol is legal now, do we see any guys drinking a beer in the huddle?

Guys can smoke cigarettes if they choose. They aren't allowed to smoke on the field or on the sidelines.

 

[Mitchrapp]

That's a pretty big stretch. Alcohol is legal now, do we see any guys drinking a beer in the huddle?

Guys can smoke cigarettes if they choose. They aren't allowed to smoke on the field or on the sidelines.

I was making an exaggeration. But even in the locker room or in your car before the game is bad enough. I've never smoked any type of weed so I don't know all the effects but I assume, at least a little, judgement skills would take a hit if they are allowed to smoke a joint before a game, or 10 joints.

 

[inkfreq]

I was making an exaggeration. But even in the locker room or in your car before the game is bad enough. I've never smoked any type of weed so I don't know all the effects but I assume, at least a little, judgement skills would take a hit if they are allowed to smoke a joint before a game, or 10 joints.

I would strongly disagree. I have a wife that uses medical marijuana here in Arizona to control her pain from chronic disability, and I smoked a TON of it back in the day.

Weed absolutely hampers your decision making, but it also hampers your ability to play at all. Really difficult to run a football with couch lock, or to lay a good tackle when you're asleep.

I'm far more worried about guys drinking before a game. Judgement equally impaired, but still functional enough to take the field for a few plays, and it makes a lot of people violent.

No coach would ever send a guy onto the field faded, because he would be worthless.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I would strongly disagree. I have a wife that uses medical marijuana here in Arizona to control her pain from chronic disability, and I smoked a TON of it back in the day.

Weed absolutely hampers your decision making, but it also hampers your ability to play at all. Really difficult to run a football with couch lock, or to lay a good tackle when you're asleep.

I'm far more worried about guys drinking before a game. Judgement equally impaired, but still functional enough to take the field for a few plays, and it makes a lot of people violent.

No coach would ever send a guy onto the field faded, because he would be worthless.

How is that strongly disagreeing? I must be missing something. Would the coach know if he smoked before a game? Even if that's the case, if it's deemed legal, you can't punish them, right? Keep them out a game but they still get paid.

That why I stay the rule isn't dumb.

 

[tonyballs]

Booger is right, until the NFL changes the ruling, it's still going to be bannable while it's legal publicly.

An example right now is the Broncos. Players play in a state where weed is legal. They can't smoke it without facing a ban.

Yes, workplaces have the right to regulate legal substances, especially at work. You can be fired for being an alcoholic, even if you don't show up at work drunk. You can be fired for smoking pot, even if you don't show up stoned.

Any employer can mandate you take a drug screening, which can show alcohol use for a 72 hour period. Once you show up with alcohol in your blood system, you can be fired. You may have drank three days ago.. it's still in the system.. and you'r gone.

Pot will be no different, except it can be detected longer.

I still find it funny that 'Murica gives drug tests for working lol

 

[Mitchrapp]

I still find it funny that 'Murica gives drug tests for working lol

I find it necessary especially for certain jobs.

 

[inkfreq]

How is that strongly disagreeing? I must be missing something. Would the coach know if he smoked before a game? Even if that's the case, if it's deemed legal, you can't punish them, right? Keep them out a game but they still get paid.

That why I stay the rule isn't dumb.

If a player cannot perform, they can be disciplined. Again, if a player shows up for a game completely gooned on booze, the coach doesn't play them and the discipline is identical.

Legality of a substance doesn't make it's use at the workplace acceptable.

At our office in Colorado, people can and have been fired for coming to work blazed. Weed is legal in that state, and it is NOT allowed to be used at work or a person be high at work from using it at home.

And yes, you would absolutely know if a person smoked weed before a game, or at the very least have a very strong suspicion.