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Originally Posted by DaveOrion
Uh, I think weed is illegal dude.
Holmes, 26, was cited for marijuana possession in 2008, resulting in a one-game paid suspension by the Steelers. That was strike one, according to the league policy. To land the suspension, he either tested positive or missed a drug test.
Marshall, even worse
Marshall's been charged with disorderly conduct, simple battery and false imprisonment during relationships with two women, served a year of probation after a DUI incident, went through anger management counseling to get some charges against him dropped, and has been suspended in the past by the NFL and the Broncos. And now he can make the streets of Miami his new playground with $24 million in his bank account. Does this seem like a very bad idea to anyone else?
Havent checked the other, maybe someone else should check their facts.
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Just because some current NFL personnel have been arrested before, doesn't mean they were charged with a crime thereafter, nor does it factor into why or why not they should face a suspension afterwards.
None of those factors played into why they were suspended in the first place at the time I stated: in the offseason and conditioning programs, Steve Smith punched a teammate and got suspended two games at the beginning of the 2008 season; Brandon Marshall also got into a fight, faced DUIs, and was insubordinate to his coaching staff, so he, too, received a two-game suspension to begin the 2008 season; now, with what Holmes allegedly committed in a nightclub, and the impetus for his trade out of Pittburgh, that earned him a four game suspension. Sure, a few of the facors that played into these three particular examples involved conduct that can be termed and brought to a court of law as 'illegal actions', but the predominant and overriding decision to dole out those punishmnets is simple: violation of the
NFL Personal Conduct Policy, a breach of the contract that every NFL player is subject to adhere to year-round, so long a they are tenured by the league. Don't want to be punished? Then, don't do anything bone-headed or egregious, and you'll be left to garner your millions in America's most popular sporting venue.
Honestly, I think you are trying to hard to defend Ben when he deserves no support or sympathy for what he brought upon himself. Why does he deserve your zealous justification? He did something wrong, he embarassed both himself and the organization he represents, and he should face the punishment he has been issued by the league quietly and without question (or else show everybody up, quit the sport, and try out for the USFL as their new star attraction).