If Righteous Roger continues his crusade, water will become a banned substance for 2009, on the grounds it might encourage players to take these water pills. All players will either die or be suspended for the entire season, and there will be no NFL games played or any income for the NFL, thus ending Roger’s tenure as commish. The owners will place him next to Hoffa in the new New York stadium being built. Always look on the bright side of life.

Per Viking Update, Matt Jones is appealing his 3 game suspension. He was caught chopping up cocaine with a credit card by the police!

Getting caught with any kind of illicit street drug, whether it be codeine, cocaine, etc. should carry a lifetime ban from the NFL. No appeals, no nothing. DONE!

The NFL had started to become a joke under Tagliabue. They are becoming an even bigger joke under Goodell. Are they trying to follow the MLB’s lead?

the league maintains a list of approved supplements. ones that the league has tested and confirmed not to contain any banned substances. all the players are provided with the list of league approved supplements, and are warned that supplements not on the list may contain banned substances, even if they are not listed on the label. So it is a situation of buyer be ware. having said that, I do think they were taking the suppliment for its intended purpose, but this is an example of why these supplements need to be regulated, they are amongst the only things we can buy over the counter for consumption that are not required to list their ingredients on the label.

I hope that Goodell takes some mercy on us, just like he took mercy on the packers by allowing them to violate the league rules concerning the reinstatement of unretireing players. I feel that fines without suspension should be more then enough of a lesson to the players concerned this time.

This is from a friend of mine:

“From what I heard from Michael Smith on one of ESPN’s NFL shows today, there is some sort of hotline set up by the league that players can call when questioning the use of these supplements. From Smith’s report, several of the players mentioned in the initial Fox report had contacted this hotline, and were advised that the use of the diuretic in question was OK, as it did not appear on a blacklist.”

If this is true, were the Williams duo some of the people who contacted the hotline?

if that is true then, then none of the players in question should get suspended. I hope that report is true. As I’ve said before, I fully believe the Williams’ took the suppliment for its intended purpose, and not to hide anything. So I really don’t want them to get suspended.

I don’t understand how so many of my fellow fans are wrong on this one. It is the players responsibility to know EXACTLY what EVERYTHING they put into their bodies are. This has been very clear. And there is a very understandble reason for this rule. To ensure that players don’t try to cover up illegal substances. There can be no lieniency, because then the next guy finds a diuretic not on the black list, takes his steriods, masks them on purpose with the diuretic, and if he gets caught then claims “well it isn’t on the list” … the league shouldn’t allow that, and should come down hard on all involved in this latest affair. Make the point loud and clear.

If, as stated above by someone, there was a hotline involved, then it will get resolved in appeals. If the williams’ were honestly only using it for weight loss, then that is still their f*ck up. Period. They should be punished the same as if they tested positive for any other illegal substance.

This guy is screwing up a good thing. With the pointless fines & suspensions for players before legal action has been taken against them, you would think he would suspend guys like Jolly and Matt Jones. Unbelievable. If all these guys are suspended for taking the banned substance, then Jolly/Jones have to be suspended, otherwise Goodell is a bigger joke than I already think he is.