look up class in the nfl dictionary and you'll see a pic of joe thomas underneath the description.

He's turning down millions of $ to be Potsie.

@mudfly said:

actually, I think that is still the rule.

@usfbrown said:

ftm...the Yankees didnt allow beards either....I think that changed in the 90's?

@the-gipper said:

Corporate rules can be change a lot easier than statutes....and they ain't fucking sacred by any means.

I think this WILL be a major area of negotiation next time the CBA comes up.

No arguments about that. Some are stupid as hell, i.e Disney. Point is, you gotta follow company rules else find a job somewhere else.

You're not entitled to your job. Especially when you're highly compensated like NFL players. I'd eat dog shit once a week to make millions per year to play a kids game, if the company mandated it.

@usfbrown said:

Corporate rules can be change a lot easier than statutes....and they ain't fucking sacred by any means.

I think this WILL be a major area of negotiation next time the CBA comes up.

@the-gipper said:

Again, no crime involved.....just a corporate rule.

And hell....as I said, it will no longer be a "crime" soon.....so it will just be a corporate rule.

Don't like the corporate rules? Go get employed somewhere else.

Shit Disney didn't allow beards until a couple years ago.

@texasag1969 said:

I think the plus is we haven't heard anything bad about Josh this year- YET (as a drug counselor I know likes to say). Still working out were the reports. Around 7 months till he can apply for reinstatement. I wonder if this suspension (assuming he can stay clean) will count as "time served" until his drug record gets wiped clean- it's 2 years, isn't it? Hey if he can come back and come close to that one year production, it will be worth the wait. But I doubt the Browns will take him back without having a backup plan in place.

@7moses7 said:

Again, no crime involved.....just a corporate rule.

And hell....as I said, it will no longer be a "crime" soon.....so it will just be a corporate rule.

@hoorta said:

But if you drink 180 nights....and you also drink on the 181st night and do nothing else.....like drive....that would not be fair.

I agree, you drive impaired putting people in danger you suffer the consequences.

I have dealt out those consequences on many occasions......but I have never dealt out consequences for someone just drinking....just for drinking and driving. (Or if while impaired they do other stupid shit.....like become disorderly or whatever)

@poeticg said:

Oddly....I kind of agree with PoG on this. The rules for these guy doing a little drinking or a little dope are Draconian.

I understand that "these" are the rules......and that it is too late to do anything about Gordon......but these rules can change.

We are about to make a major change in the dope rules in this state.

Gay marriage is now legal and people are going to jail for not adhering to the new rules.

So, to me.....this union needs to seriously negotiate a change in the dope rules.

If someone just tests for dope....I see no issue with that.

If they get popped for OVI (whether alcohol or drugs) then that is a concern to be dealt with.

Not some. Not "just a couple celebratory bong hits" - NONE.

I have zero sympathy for Gordon - and I don't think he's physically capable of being the "The Josh Gordon" ever again.

Bowe can't separate from me, let alone actual NFL cornerbacks - and Gordon won't be able to, either. They should have cut him a long time ago.

And I think Gordon will get cut next year.

He's of the breed that everyone should get a trophy. Fuck responsibility. Blame someone else.

"Gordon, however, insists he has no real problem, and no one has yet proven otherwise."

Funny thing is they do want to pay him for not using and he just doesn't get that. Better go to JF's rehab center where they teach you different, because apparently he can't hear it from the horse's mouth.

And, he's had mulitple offenses. Free him from football, because

he'd rather smoke, etc, and doesn't do self-discipline.

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Gordon quit his last game with the Browns. Or did you all forget his shit performance? Fuck him.

This is my biggest bitch about Gordon, I have a feeling he doesn't want to be here.

@poeticg said:

D bone you are a douchebag my friend. Anyone that follows the Browns and knows ANYTHING about the Browns and Gordon's situation should know better than to open their belittling cocksucker.

You opened your cocksucker.

So are you saying you don't know anything about the Browns?

Z

just like the military. just like mcdonalds. when you go to work at the ginsu knife factory and show up late 2 days a week for the 2 months you've been there then they'll put you on notice: don't show up late again or you're fired. well josh has been showing up late since someone told him he could run fast, jump high and catch a ball.

@poeticg said:

To me it's like the 3 strikes law. Yea it sucks he went away for life for stealing a t-shirt from Wet Seal, but had he of not stole that car and then robbed that mini-mart, he wouldn't have gone away for life........... Exaggerations I know, but it gets my view point across.

I root for the guys who are smart enough to follow the rules, and thankfully, there are 53 of them.