Ok out of curiosity what kind of suspension do you think he would deserve? I'm saying atleast 8 games after all it is a felony charge and people taking diet pills are getting 4 games.
"dhazer" wrote:
Well if the diet pills are "to loose weight" then the codine is for a cold.
So if you get a 4 game suspension for loosing weight then you should only get 1 for being sick.
"DGB454" wrote:
The point i'm making is that one is not against the law and the other could be prison time.
"dhazer" wrote:
Valid point.
However, the legal substance in question was found in the system of the players in question. No one has accused Jolly of suckin' the sizzurp. He was never caught with any codeine in his system. He is not under the auspices of the drug policy. He is under the personal conduct policy. They are administered differently.
There was also a specific clause in both Williams' wall contracts that specificially precluded them from taking those or any pills to lose weight. They admitted they did precisely that in an affadavit filed in both state and Federal court. This aspect is semi-irrelevant, I'm just pointing out that they both made their contracts arguably voidable, but that would require the Vikings to actually care about character in their players, so forget that aspect.
The suspension they have been handed is the minimum for the offense they were found to have committed. There is no minimum penalty in the CBA for a violation of the personal conduct policy.