Posted on 04/25/2006 4:33:32 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
Williams suspended one year
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was suspended for the 2006 season by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's substance abuse policy for the fourth time.
The league announced the suspension after Williams' appeal of a his latest positive drug test was denied. Williams met with NFL counsel Jeff Pash on April 10 in an attempt to have the league overturn the test.
Previous positive tests were for marijuana, which Williams acknowledged using. The latest test apparently involved a drug other than marijuana.
Williams retired and sat out the 2004 season but returned last year to play for new Miami coach Nick Saban.
Before being allowed to return, Williams served a four-game suspension at the start of the season for his third violation of the drug program. He ran for 743 yards and averaged 4.4 yards a carry while sharing playing time with rookie Ronnie Brown.
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I'd join in, under normal circumstances.
Buffalo still has a team?
Oh buck up. You could be a Detroit fan.
Well Chuck Schumer and Tim Russert are going to make sure they still do.
There are no Detroit fans. The very concept is a contradiction of the fabric of reality. Any person professing to be a Detroit fan isn't--the real ones were all torn from existence years ago, as they violated the laws of physics and spacetime.
Being a Detroit fan is a crime against nature surpassed only by an attempt to distinguish Ricky Williams from his blunts.
This means both Williams and Culpepper won't run across the line of scrimmage this year.
Williams can't.
Culpepper won't.
A forfeit is the only way they're gonna beat the Dolphins this year! ;^)
&*%^$%% idiot. His career is over-or should be.
As a Jets fan, this works out good for me, but I really don't understand why they even test for pot in the first place. Steroids are one thing and I support testing every single player for them. But pot, if anything, hinders your athletic performance.
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