Gordon suspended 10 games.

Tour2ma

Josh Gordon's reported eight-game suspension shows NFL still tone deaf

(UPDATE: The Plain Dealer reported Friday afternoon that Gordon's suspension will actually be for 10 games because of the stage of the program he was in, because a fourth violation triggers a 10-game suspension.)

Does this make any sense to you at all?

Recently, 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith got a nine-game suspension. He was given that punishment because he had a DUI, weapons charges and made a bomb threat at the Los Angeles airport in separate incidents. And he got roughly the same suspension as Gordon.

The problem is that the NFL has become the NCAA, where punishment generally serves no purpose and follows no logic. The NFL could have easily reduced Gordon's suspension to a game or two, and it would have been fair and nobody would have argued. It would have been a positive gesture to a 23-year-old man who seems serious about getting his life on track.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/josh-gordon-s-eight-game-suspension-shows-nfl-still-tone-deaf-155703802.html

TexasAg1969

If he had just stuck to being involved with killing a couple of guys and paying off the families, we would be planning a statue for him instead.

MLD Woody

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fantasy-roto-arcade/reports--josh-gordon-s-suspension-to-be-reduced-to-8-games--after-drug-policy-revisions-155655789.html

Still makes no sense

Mudfly

hate to say it, but lets not forget he will be going to court on his DUI, prior to being reinstated.....which will be his 5th violation....

Honestly, we probably can't count on this guy playing for a long long time.....hell, with the new policy in place, the 5th vio could be another whole season for all we know.....

WalterWhite

NFL passes new drug law.

LBC mike

10 games for Gordon

choco

Such bullshit.

choco

DUI is 2 game suspension upon conviction.

Its not a failed test.

Mudfly

@choco said:

DUI is 2 game suspension upon conviction.

Its not a failed test.

"Unless" you have previous DUI, Alcohol, Behavioral or Drug related offenses""....THEN it becomes #5.....

JAFBF

Why bother, we're going to be so far out it that it's pointless . . . sorry, we're not going to win against the Saints this week, even if we went 10-6 this would not be one of those wins.

Ibleedbrown

@jafbf said:
Why bother, we're going to be so far out it that it's pointless . . . sorry, we're not going to win against the Saints this week, even if we went 10-6 this would not be one of those wins.

There's always hope.

And voodoo...

hx214

So what's the new threshold for a "failed" test?

If it's 150 instead of 15 like was being said, why is he being suspended at all?

And if he is being suspended because he failed the test before it was changed, then why was the sentence reduced?

How did they get 10 games as the number they went with?

Seems like they took some from column A and some from column B....

PoeticG

This is such bullshit that I can't barely stand it. I fucking HATE the NFL and their bullshit rules. They are fucking up the game of FOOTBALL. Gordon shouldn't be suspended AT ALL. Their fucking test was flawed. One sample passed and the other failed and because some dipshit lab-monkey labeled one sample A and the other one B and not the other way around, and now we are forced to be without our STAR WR for almost an entire fucking year.

The NFL needs to pull their brain-dead, inconsistent, non-coherent, vomit inducing fucking head out of it's conglomerated asshole and fix this fuckup. #FreeFuckingJoshGordonNOWuPussyPiecesofShit.

JAFBF

@ibleedbrown said:

There's always hope.

And voodoo...

Wishful thinking that I'd like to subscribe too.

Steeler looked awful versus Ravens, so that somewhat diminishes the performance we had against them the 2nd half last week.

Defense was below par last year, and last week I still saw a lot of concerns = definitely not as hyped.

I fear Bree's is going to light us up, would love to wrong but seeing the Saints start out as 0 - 2 is a long shot to me.

Been a while since I've seen the Browns even at 1 -1 , so sadly my expectation is 0 - 2

choco

@mudfly said:
"Unless" you have previous DUI, Alcohol, Behavioral or Drug related offenses""....THEN it becomes #5.....

so youve read the policy already? Cause that's news to me....

Mudfly

@hx214 said:

So what's the new threshold for a "failed" test?

How did they get 10 games as the number they went with?

It's still pretty low at 35 ng/ml....woulda thought they'd go higher....

10 games is the new penalty for a level 4.....

jrb12711

Aldon Smith has a similar track record of stupid shit, including THREATENING TO BLOW UP AN AIRPORT WITH A BOMB, and will be on the field before Gordon.

thenew23

@mudfly said:

hate to say it, but lets not forget he will be going to court on his DUI, prior to being reinstated.....which will be his 5th violation....

Honestly, we probably can't count on this guy playing for a long long time.....hell, with the new policy in place, the 5th vio could be another whole season for all we know.....

No. That's never been the case. DUI arrest will be placed under "Personal Conduct Policy" and will bring a 2-game suspension...

Mudfly

@thenew23 said:

No. That's never been the case. DUI arrest will be placed under "Personal Conduct Policy" and will bring a 2-game suspension...

Yes.It is and has been. Read the policy. (apparently no one here has).......Page 20 - Section III - Paragraph B.....

""Absent aggravating circumstances, discipline for a first offense will generally be

(Now, a 2 game suspension) If the Commissioner finds that there were

aggravating circumstances, including but not limited to felonious conduct or serious

injury or death of third parties, and/or if the player has had prior drug or alcohol-related

misconduct, increased discipline up to and including suspension may be imposed. 21 (2010)

Discipline for a second or subsequent offense is likely to be a suspension, the duration of

which may escalate for repeat offenses.

Above is the policy. Read the red parts. It CLEARLY says that players with drugs issues will face increased penalties which will escalate for repeat offenders.....

Hey, I want him to play as much as the next guy....but a whole year of speculation and crying about the rules could be averted if people just tried to understand the policy and had realistic expectations for a guy thats put himself in a bunch of situations.....

And, for those that dont know.....once you're at JG's level....you stay there for your whole career.....he will be 1 infraction away from a ban forEVER!!

Abe

How many cars has Josh Gordon sold, because if the NFL and NFLPA have their way, that's his new career.

If the new drug policy is retroactive, then JG did not fail test "A", he's not suspended; and not on the verge of a career ending expulsion.

Who the fuck is standing on his side. The Browns? No, you have Jimmy Haslam, an outright criminal, who buys his freedom for $92 million; but his influence stops there, because he is one selfish asshole. If he'll let 10 of his business associates fry with a Grand Jury, you think he cares about JG?

And the NFLPA? Where have they been on many issues? Did it take Welker to wake them up; certainly not Ray Rice. They have always been a bunch of self-serving assholes. When you re-negotiate with a MOA, how do you leave JG out of a full retribution. With union friends like these, who needs anymore enemies. But JG has them, and the biggest is the NFL and that lying, preppy Goodell. Where's the outrage? This week the NFL is at its most vulnerable state, and the whole Browns organization needs to stand as one. But they won't, and it's Haslam that will continue to rot it out from the inside. He can't be trusted, but you know he and Roger are thick as thieves. This all sucks in so many disgusting ways.