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Argonauts owner blasts Theismann
Says criticism of Williams signing 'thoughtless'
Associated Press
Published on: 06/01/06
Toronto —
Argonauts co-owner David Cynamon said the criticism of the team's signing of Ricky Williams by Joe Theismann were thoughtless considering the drug history of the ESPN commentator's own son, the Toronto Sun reported Thursday.
Theismann told a Toronto radio station earlier this week that Williams, who signed with the Argos on Sunday after being suspended by the NFL for the entire 2006 season following a fourth positive drug test, is a drug addict who needs help.
Theismann's son, Joe, pleaded guilty in 2002 to a felony charge of dealing cocaine and a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia. He received a 10-year suspended prison term, was placed on five years of probation and fined.
"It's really a delicate subject for him to attack someone if he has that in his own family," Cynamon said. "If I was his son and he's calling (Williams) a drug addict and he should quit and he's a loser, I'd be shattered. This thing is really bothersome."
Theismann, a former NFL quarterback who began his pro career with the Argonauts in 1971, also called the organization "classless" for signing Williams and said he was embarrassed to have worn the team's logo.
"For him to come out and say he was embarrassed to wear the logo ... that is a real slap in the face," Cynamon said. "I was shattered. (Co-owner Howard Sokolowki), Keith (Pelley, the team's president) and me are not bad people. We don't deserve treatment like that."
Argonauts owner blasts Theismann
Says criticism of Williams signing 'thoughtless'
Associated Press
Published on: 06/01/06
Toronto —
Argonauts co-owner David Cynamon said the criticism of the team's signing of Ricky Williams by Joe Theismann were thoughtless considering the drug history of the ESPN commentator's own son, the Toronto Sun reported Thursday.
Theismann told a Toronto radio station earlier this week that Williams, who signed with the Argos on Sunday after being suspended by the NFL for the entire 2006 season following a fourth positive drug test, is a drug addict who needs help.
Theismann's son, Joe, pleaded guilty in 2002 to a felony charge of dealing cocaine and a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia. He received a 10-year suspended prison term, was placed on five years of probation and fined.
"It's really a delicate subject for him to attack someone if he has that in his own family," Cynamon said. "If I was his son and he's calling (Williams) a drug addict and he should quit and he's a loser, I'd be shattered. This thing is really bothersome."
Theismann, a former NFL quarterback who began his pro career with the Argonauts in 1971, also called the organization "classless" for signing Williams and said he was embarrassed to have worn the team's logo.
"For him to come out and say he was embarrassed to wear the logo ... that is a real slap in the face," Cynamon said. "I was shattered. (Co-owner Howard Sokolowki), Keith (Pelley, the team's president) and me are not bad people. We don't deserve treatment like that."
