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Rodney apologizes; full statement transcript; HGH used for injury recovery
Rodney said everything I'd hoped he would. He took his punishment like a man, apologized for his actions, admitted wrong doing, asked for the forgiveness of children and fans. This is more than any other professional athlete in similar circumstances has ever done, and demonstrates that despite a mistake, Rodney indeed has character where it counts. He will be affected by his error for the rest of his life, losing a portion of the athletic glory that he won over 14 years of sacrifice. An NFL Hall of fame induction, justified by his on field performance, will never occur. That is significant punishment for a significant offense. His apology is heartily accepted by this fan, and I will welcome him with open arms and a clean slate when he returns.
Last edited by PonyExpress; 08-31-2007 at 09:11 PM..
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Rodney said everything I'd hoped he would. He took his punishment like a man, apologized for his actions, admitted wrong doing, asked for the forgiveness of children and fans. This is more than any other professional athlete in similar circumstances has ever done, and demonstrates that despite a mistake, Rodney indeed has character where it counts. He will be affected by his error for the rest of his life, losing a portion of the athletic glory that he won over 14 years of sacrifice. An NFL Hall of fame induction, justified by his on field performance, will never occur. That is significant punishment for a significant offense. His apology is heartily accepted by this fan, and I will welcome him with open arms and a clean slate when he returns.
Amen.
[Although, to be fair, I'm not convinced they would have taken Rodney into the HOF, because of his reputation, suspension or no suspension.]
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Yeah. He took all the blame and was sincere in his apology. And what he said about wanting for the team and his family not to be at all involved in this was good for him to say. I can't explain how much better the apology made me feel.
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They'll find out Randy can't run consistently anymore. He'll drive [Tom] Brady and [Bill] Belichick crazy. This is just my personal opinion from what I saw: He's losing his legs. He's becoming an old man fast.
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Here is the full statement from Rodney (thanks to Breer or the Pats PR department...):
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“I’m basically here to let you all know that tomorrow the commissioner will announce that I’ve been suspended by the NFL for violating the league policy on substance abuse. That suspension will be for four games. I want to make it clear that not once did I use steroids. I did admit to the commissioner that I did in fact use a banned substance. My purpose was never to gain a competitive edge. Rather, my use was totally for the purpose of accelerating the healing process from injuries I sustained playing football.
“I haven’t made excuses, nor will I make excuses. I made a mistake and I’m very sorry for that. I understand that I’m a role model to high schools, colleges, young kids. I don’t condone my decision, my behavior. I’m very, very embarrassed by it. I’m disappointed in myself. And to any young person, any high schooler, any college athlete, I sent the wrong message with my actions and I would want to be the example to them to never jeopardize what they believe in, never jeopardize their health. And they always have to love themselves.
“At this time, because I know you have a million questions for me, this is a mistake that I’ve done, nothing that my teammates were involved in, and I ask at this time that the respect of my teammates not be violated. This is something that Rodney Harrison did, Rodney Harrison did alone. My teammates didn’t do it. So as they’re preparing for the Jets and the San Diego game and Cincinnati and those games after that, I would ask that you give them the respect not to badger them with questions. Because they don’t have any information dealing with it, and neither does my family. I have kids, I have a wife and I’d ask for the respect for my family. This is something that I did and they shouldn’t have to go through.
“I will be absent from the team for the next four weeks, that’s the penalty I have incurred, after which I intend to return and help this team in any capacity I can to get back to winning the championship. It’s been a tough time for me, the last week or two, even before this. I’ve apologized to my family, which has supported me, to my friends. And I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to my teammates. Like I said before, they were never involved in this. This is something I did and I apologize to them, because this is the last thing we need going into the regular season. I should have never done this to them.
“I apologize to the entire New England Patriots organization and the fans that have supported me so faithfully over the past five seasons here. Through Super Bowls, through injury, they have supported me, I definitely, definitely appreciate it.”
Re: Rodney apologizes; full statement transcript; HGH used for injury recovery
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Originally Posted by PonyExpress
Rodney said everything I'd hoped he would. He took his punishment like a man, apologized for his actions, admitted wrong doing, asked for the forgiveness of children and fans. This is more than any other professional athlete in similar circumstances has ever done, and demonstrates that despite a mistake, Rodney indeed has character where it counts. He will be affected by his error for the rest of his life, losing a portion of the athletic glory that he won over 14 years of sacrifice. An NFL Hall of fame induction, justified by his on field performance, will never occur. That is significant punishment for a significant offense. His apology is heartily accepted by this fan, and I will welcome him with open arms and a clean slate when he returns.
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About as good as it gets. It was still stupid, though.
Oh so its no longer "I wanted Rodney to play against the Chargers, ****** YOU!" or "Pathetic. Jerk" huh? Now we know how willing you are to turn on a Patriots player if they do something wrong.
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They'll find out Randy can't run consistently anymore. He'll drive [Tom] Brady and [Bill] Belichick crazy. This is just my personal opinion from what I saw: He's losing his legs. He's becoming an old man fast.
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