BoltsFan
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It's about the NFLPA's agreement with the NFL. Period. Are you wondering why anyone who doesn't meet "standards" is not drawn and quartered? It's not exactly that simple.I know HGH is not in the same class as anabolic steroids, but substance abuse is substance and, I'm sorry, but a four game suspension is an entirely inadequate punishment from the NFL. Rodney should be banned for 12 months minimum, justy as Merriman should have been.
Goodell's worked really hard this off season to clean the NFL's act up with regards behaviour off the field, but this is as serious as the gun-toting, the DUIs and all the rest of it and should be treated as such.
The vast majority of professional sports from track and field through cycling to rugby and soccer have a minimum 12-month suspension for substance abuse, and until the NFL treats this issue with the seriousness it deserves it will continue to have a problem.
The message this sends to other players is: go ahead, take the risk, because even in the worst case scenario you're only going to miss four games.
I've loved Rodney as a Patriot, but he realy shouldn't be in our uniform this season.
Any governing body would be extremely hard pressed to institute any overly harsh regulations.
All things considered? I think that's as it should be. In the interest of making a point, to what end would hacking off someone's hand who stole from a person serve? What I'm suggesting is that should it always about an eye for an eye? Does that mentality always serve the general populace? Is there a happy medium?