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Maybe FA has everyone too tired to argue. This thread has been a remarkably positive one. Even if you're not into the spiritual stuff.

So did Gordon get reinstated? His tweet about the football gods being good was pretty vague.

I don't think Josh is seeking attention. I think it is more overcoming anxiety. He did similar last season up until reinstatement. I think Josh has some real demons to overcome. I am really praying this kid makes it back. I can't think of better coaches, Hue and Al.

Josh can be the poster child of the Browns. Hitting rock bottom clawing his way back tying to get back on top. Then again, my perception is completely off and he is a closet case. Let's hope I'm right.

Given our record since the return, Josh Gordon might already be the face of the franchise. LOL

Please no.

https://twitter.com/JOSH_GORDONXII/status/839968042197090305

jc

i have a confession: i'm currently hating myself right now, because once again, i'm slowly gaining hope that we will see Gordon on the field this season.

j/c

I have avoided this thread, and haven't read what has been written. I'm just going to state my piece and probably won't come back to this thread.

Gordon is still a Brown, but he has burned all his chances and good will. If activated, he can come in and earn a job. No special considerations, no babysitters, no guarantees. Either stay clean, toe the line and prove himself better than our other options, or there's the door. Good luck finding another job.

Me too Swish, me too.

1) Josh Gordon checked himself into rehab when he found out the baby is his.
2) Josh Gordon drank alcohol on the team's jet after their final game. He did not realize that the NFL season wasn't technically over.

Not making excuses. Just needed to correct the context and time line.

I am totally apathetic to the situation, but that whole thing about having a drink on a plane after our season was over was just nitpicking by the league if you ask me.

Which is probably proof as that story is not true.

That he only had one drink?????????????

Uhmmmmmm..........that is not the way I remember it.

Josh said he had 4 drinks on the plane. Still doesn't change any of the facts in the story. He didn't realize the season wasn't over, thus he was still under supervision. He thought he was done with the season and drank.

I am totally apathetic to the situation, but that whole thing about having a drink on a plane after our season was over was just nitpicking by the league if you ask me.

Oh my goodness.

I was responding to a direct quote that said:

Five things you probably didn’t know about the NFL’s drug policy


JACOB FELDMAN
Tuesday July 12th, 2016


The NFL’s marijuana policy has been all over the news lately, from criticism of the league’s stance by the likes of Eugene Monroe, Derrick Morgan and Jake Plummer to SI Films’ upcoming in-depth look at Ricky Williams’s relationship with the drug and the sport. But how much do you really know about the sport's actual testing, intervention and discipline procedures? We dug into the details to bring you five things you might not know about the current rules.




1. The league’s substance abuse policy predates its PED protocol. Commissioner Pete Rozelle first introduced a loose recreational drug code, focused on education, in 1971; the preseason testing structure still used today came into being as part of the ’82 CBA—and suspensions didn’t begin until ’89. Separate language for steroids didn’t appear until ’83.

2. Players outside the “intervention program”—those who’ve never had a violation—are tested just once a year. Anyone under contract is tested once between April 20 (yup: 4/20) and Aug. 9. The player is given at most a three-hour warning before being visited by a collector, who must directly witness the player providing the urine sample.

3. For every player suspended under the policy, five to 10 others anonymously enter and exit the intervention program. Not even teams are made aware of a player’s positive test until he is suspended, which only occurs after multiple violations. Team physicians, however, have that information in order to prevent cross-medication issues.


4. Marijuana is handled differently from all other substances. The discipline procedures for marijuana abusers are less strict than violations for all other drugs. Clause 1.5.2(c) states that an additional offense is allowed before suspensions are leveled in cases involving marijuana. And up until that point, fines for positive tests are less steep.

5. Hundreds of people are involved in the program. There are generally two or three clinicians per NFL team who administer treatment plans for each player in the program. Then there’s the legion of agents who help conduct 15,000-plus tests each year. Combined with the steroid program, the NFL spends about $13 million per year on its drug programs.

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/07/11/nfl-drug-policy-substance-abuse-suspensions-tests

I don't think the NFL is picking on him. I think he has had way more chances than many people get in life.

Well, I tried.....

Of course the NFL was extremely nitpicky about this situation. That's why they got slaughtered for it from PR. They still are a bit. They did happen to change their suspension policy after the Steeler's darling player got caught though. Goodell is the prime example of a useless bureaucrat. He does nothing besides punishing players and teams at random.

These Josh Gordon conspiracy theories are a lot of fun.

He wasn't suspended this year because of a failed test. He checked himself into rehab well before they suspended him for the rest of the year. If you only read one source, it was probably a lie. Anytime you can't find two collaborating stories for the same news piece, it's probably just an opinion. I hate the media.