Video: Randy Gregory to be Reinstated If New CBA Provision is Ratified

[charron]

Still doesn't decriminalize it but it's a start. They shouldn't test for it at all.

As far as Randy his ceiling is lower but I'd give him a long shot to make the team. Maybe he can be a good backup player, or just a camp body.

 

[Polkton31]

Yes many people use weed for pain or other medical conditions like cancer and glaucoma but none of those people are playing a extreme contact sport. You also omitted the fact that medical studies have proven that using weed slows reflexes and affects memory both very much needed for football. Should employers that employee people that use heavy equipment stop testing for drug use that includes weed? Those policies are there for the safety of the employees. It's not being on any high horse if you understand why there are policies against using weed or why there are still laws for being Under the Influence while driving or DUI.
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First: Most players are probably not getting high during the game. Second: The NFL is shooting players up with Toradol, Ketorolac, and Marcaine. All of these drugs can cause headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, etc... All of which seem detrimental to playing a high impact sport. On top of that, these drugs can mask concussion symptoms and result in more damage being done to a muscle, ligament, etc.
Given the fact that I don't smoke, I could care less either way... but weed seems like a pretty insignificant thing for the NFL to worry about.

PS. Let's be honest. Most jobs don't test for weed because it affects the employees work performance. They test for weed because their insurance won't pay a claim if the employee has an accident and is found with it in their system.

 

[cowboyblue22]

Gregory is a bust was bust when he was drafted another banner choice by jerry jones that has come back to hurt his team

 

[CATCH17]

Gregory is a bust was bust when he was drafted another banner choice by jerry jones that has come back to hurt his team

I agree but he looked good the last time on the field.

I'm all for bringing back Gregory and Irving if they want to play football. Both guys could take our defense to another level.

Irving is like Kinlaw who is going to be a top 10 pick.

It could take us years to acquire what those 2 guys bring on the field.

 

[shabazz]

Its unfathomable that smoking weed may affect his performance on the field

 

[Doomsday101]

Gregory has shown flashes nothing more. I think he has been give more chances than any team would have given. For me I hear from many on this board talking about the culture of the team and now with a new staff in place it is time to change the culture and end problem players not continue to reward them.

 

[gjkoeppen]

I don't think anyone is proposing using weed during the games.

You are correct but with not having any real deterrent like a suspension can anyone guarantee that there won't be players that at some time decide to use some weed before a game or prior to going to some team or position meeting? Are you going guarantee the players remember everything in those meetings and have the same mental sharpness they usually have when they don't smoke some weed prior? Nobody here is advocating the use of weed while in meetings or playing but just like in real life where there are still states with laws for the possession and use of weed there are still some that do use it prior to going to work.
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[fivetwos]

I think gregory is a waste of time, but fairly sure jerry will want him back.

The guy can play a little. If there was a problem w him it was counting on a guy that may get suspended at any moment.

That's no longer an issue.

Besides, if I'm not mistaken he is under contract w the Cowboys for this season

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

Given that pot has been legalized and is in no way enhancing a players ability to play the game, why the hell would you even test for the damn thing?

 

[tyke1doe]

No way to prove it, but I'm convinced had Gregory been available for our last playoff game against Green Bay, we would have won. Randy has extreme acceleration and would have tracked Aaron Rogers down before he completed that incredible pass on the sidelines to his tight end.
Having said this, he has been away from the game and is older. Don't know what shape he'll be in or whether he'll still have his football legs.
But he's basically a bargain-basement priced player with potential at this point.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Randy has been away from the game for too long. Him getting reinstated is not big news. The new CBA however, is big news and it will help other players. The players union better not take too long to approve this agreement. Football in 2021 will be so much better.

He was gone for 1 year. They said the same thing last time he was suspended for a year but yet so came in and got some sacks and was as force by the second half of the season. I think we need to see him play before saying what he can't do

 

[Kaiser]

Is it DUI if you're walking down the street? Is it DUI if you're chatting with a neighbor in your yard?

I didn't say anything about operating a vehicle in my post. I just said they are giving tickets now, for small amounts of weed.

In Los Angeles its been legal de facto for 20 years. LAPD would usually just give a ticket for it and if you wanted a medical prescription, you could get one by claiming you had "stress". Most of the younger guys at the WLA VA Hospital would get a medical prescription instead of the cheap ambien generic they give you for insomnia.

 

[Kaiser]

He was gone for 1 year. They said the same thing last time he was suspended for a year but yet so came in and got some sacks and was as force by the second half of the season. I think we need to see him play before saying what he can't do

Exactly, Gregory is a freak of nature and that is why they spent a late 2nd on a guy who was that much of a gamble. Gregory could stay in bed for the next five years, step on the field the next day and still put pressure on the QB. Gregory backing up Quinn at RDE would be a dominant pairing.

 

[gjkoeppen]

Honest question.

Brett Farve came out and said he was addicted to pain killers. If he took those pain meds then got behind a wheel is that DUI?

Technically yes and he was lucky he didn't get stopped. The difference as far as the NFL was concerned was that the team physicians gave the to him so any thing that would have shown up in any of his drug tests wouldn't get him suspended. He voluntarily went into rehab a couple of times the last time was for alcohol.
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[John813]

Given that pot has been legalized and is in no way enhancing a players ability to play the game, why the hell would you even test for the damn thing?

Well, some states yes, federally nope.

Can still go to jail, like Greg Robinson will, for possession.

Why they bothered testing for it? Old habits die hard is my guess.

 

[nightrain]

Gregory seems to have a lot more going on than failing weed tests. Hopefully he can get it together and lead a productive life.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

This would have been good news 3 years ago, if it is indeed true anyway.

 

[TwentyOne]

How can he be reinstated ?

Just changing the rules does not invalidate the old one. And he had his misconduct at the time the old rule was decisive.

The only way he gets reinstated is when they also declare that the old rule was wrong - which they never will do. Or they give amnesty to him. Which i nowhere have read of.

 

[Mr_437]

Cool, get this pass rush going at a high clip.

 

[Creeper]

The question is why hasn't Gregory already been reinstated? Players who have committed violent actions have spent less time on suspension than Gregory has. Has he even requested to be reinstated? If not then none of this matters.

There has been little information about him since the rumor he was going to ask to be reinstated before last season. But as I understand it, he never did make that request. Perhaps he has given up on ever having a football career.

If he is reinstated and he wants to play football, I think Dallas should give him a chance. They own his rights. Maybe he practices well, shows some ability he had before he was suspended. Then, maybe they can even trade him if they don;t want to deal with his problems. Maybe he's worth a 6th round pick to someone. I doubt it though.