Chris Henry, In Trouble Again

[joseephuss]

why dont the bengals just release this guy and get rid of him and the bad press?

Can they? Is it allowable under the current CBA to release a player who is suspended?

 

[xpistofer]

Talent going to waste is simply incomprehensible to me. How can you be at the pinnacle of dreams and piss it away so easily?

it's simple, really...guaranteed money via signing bonuses...
the guy already has more money than he could ever dream of...

 

[Yeagermeister]

Can they? Is it allowable under the current CBA to release a player who is suspended?

Not until they come off of suspension....I believe.

We weren't able to cut Marcus Coleman last yr until he was back from suspension.

 

[ajk23az]

What?

:laugh2:

 

[AbeBeta]

Like a previous poster pointed out, it could very well be a form a pain killers that caused him to fail the drug test

Why would it matter if it was a pain killer or not? Opiates ARE pain killers. Heroin, morphine, codeine, all the synthetics.

 

[AbeBeta]

Not until they come off of suspension....I believe.

We weren't able to cut Marcus Coleman last yr until he was back from suspension.

I think that is untrue -- we could have cut Coleman -- but had we done that, it would have meant that if a team wanted to sign him, he would have had to serve the 4 week suspension AFTER they signed him.

That was a simple courtesy to Coleman -- it didn't cost the team anything. Otherwise, that suspension would have effectively ended his career.

 

[joseephuss]

Why would it matter if it was a pain killer or not? Opiates ARE pain killers. Heroin, morphine, codeine, all the synthetics.

The only thing that would matter is if it was a prescribed pain killer. I am sure they would have been aware of anything he was prescribed before he even took the test and would consider that before saying he failed the test.

 

[WoodysGirl]

from ESPN Keith Kidd's chat

Dustin (Dayton, OH)
Channel 12 in Cincy is now reporting Henry may have not failed. Seems the reports about Henry could be false! With or without Henry do you see the Bengals back in the playoffs?

KEITH KIDD
I do think Cincinnati has a great shot at winning the division or the Wild Card based on their offense. But this team has not played consistently well on defense since Marvin Lewis became the coach.

 

[03EBZ06]

Like a previous poster pointed out, it could very well be a form a pain killers that caused him to fail the drug test ...

The thing is, it was a court mandated drug test. That means Henry will be asked to divulge all the medications he is currently taking so that when a certain drug is detected, it will be cross checked with medication list provided by Henry and if it was on the list, it isn't considered as a failed drug test.

Because of my clearance in the Navy, dealing with Nukes, and current job, I have donated a speciman countless times (sometimes once a month, depending on what program I was involved with) and the process is that you always submit medication list prior to the drug test.

 

[THUMPER]

You know I hate laughing at others misfortune, but at a certain point it starts getting comical how bone headed some people can be.

That's how I've always felt about Michael Irvin. :bang2:

 

[BouncingCheese]

Not until they come off of suspension....I believe.

We weren't able to cut Marcus Coleman last yr until he was back from suspension.

Goodell is going to start making it VERY easy for teams to let go of players like Henry if they act up regardless of contract situations and possible cap hits me thinks....

 

[WoodysGirl]

POSTED 1:34 p.m. EDT, May 21, 2007

HENRY PROSECUTOR WAS WR-WR-WR-INCORRECT?

WKRC-TV reports that there's now a chance that Bengals receiver Chris Henry has not tested positive for opiates.

Garry Edmondson, a prosecutor in Kenton County, Kentucky, said earlier on Monday that Henry had tested positive. But now Edmondson is signing a different song.

He now says that one result was negative (which is positive) and the other result is pending.

Edmondson wouldn't say who told him that there was a positive result.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

POSTED 1:34 p.m. EDT, May 21, 2007

HENRY PROSECUTOR WAS WR-WR-WR-INCORRECT?

WKRC-TV reports that there's now a chance that Bengals receiver Chris Henry has not tested positive for opiates.

Garry Edmondson, a prosecutor in Kenton County, Kentucky, said earlier on Monday that Henry had tested positive. But now Edmondson is signing a different song.

He now says that one result was negative (which is positive) and the other result is pending.

Edmondson wouldn't say who told him that there was a positive result.

That's why I said in an earlier post that I would reserve judgement until further evidence is presented....

 

[Jarv]

Rumor has it he dipped whole wheat cookies into skim milk, basically the same problem Richard Pryor had.

 

[BouncingCheese]

POSTED 1:34 p.m. EDT, May 21, 2007

HENRY PROSECUTOR WAS WR-WR-WR-INCORRECT?

WKRC-TV reports that there's now a chance that Bengals receiver Chris Henry has not tested positive for opiates.

Garry Edmondson, a prosecutor in Kenton County, Kentucky, said earlier on Monday that Henry had tested positive. But now Edmondson is signing a different song.

He now says that one result was negative (which is positive) and the other result is pending.

Edmondson wouldn't say who told him that there was a positive result.

hehe I wonder who Henry paid off for that negative test result; hehe but seriously I hope that he did test negative.

 

[AbeBeta]

Goodell is going to start making it VERY easy for teams to let go of players like Henry if they act up regardless of contract situations and possible cap hits me thinks....

There is no way Goodell is going to let teams off the hook for giving big contracts out to guys who turn turd. You gave them the contract and you need to pay for it. The team is responsible for that deal. Bad decisions are bad decisions. You don't get a pass because you were stupid.

 

[joseephuss]

hehe I wonder who Henry paid off for that negative test result; hehe but seriously I hope that he did test negative.

Wasn't there a Seinfeld episode where George's test came back negative and he thought it was a bad thing. Maybe the person who initially reported it as failed drug test didn't know what a negative test meant. Just kidding, but it sounds like it will be a mess for someone no matter what the real results. A positive test is bad for Henry. A negative test is bad for whomever leaked it as a failed test for opiates.

 

[Big Dakota]

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A Cincinnati TV station is reporting that the Bengals wideout failed a court-ordered drug test and could be headed to jail. However, Henry's agent denied the claim.
The receiver is already suspended for eight games in the upcoming season under the NFL commissioner's new get-tough policy for repeat offenders.
A Kenton County prosecutor told WLWT the test was part of a probation agreement with Florida for a weapons conviction last fall. Henry is on probation for two years for pulling a 9 mm gun during a fight in downtown Orlando.
Violating the probation could put Henry behind bars. In addition to being on probation in Florida, Henry is serving suspended sentences in both Kentucky and Ohio. The drug test failure could potentially trigger these sentences as well.
However, Henry's agent told the Cincinnati Enquirer that Henry did not fail the drug test.
"The final result is negative," said Marvin Frazier. "It's all (nonsense)."
Frazier said that Bengals player relations director Eric Ball told him that the final test was negative.
Ken Easterling, a Kenton County prosecutor, told the Enquirer that initial results indicated that Henry failed a drug test. However, Easterling stressed that Kenton County is awaiting final analysis from the Kentucky state lab.
"We cannot confirm or deny (Henry's test sample) contains a controlled substance," he said.
The Bengals released a statement today: "For Chris Henry to return playing NFL football, the Bengals understand that he must comply with certain legal and NFL-related procedures. To date, to the Club's knowledge, Chris has been complying with those procedures, and the Club is not aware at this point of any circumstance in which Chris has not complied with his obligations. "With respect to the Northern Kentucky proceedings, reports to date may not be based on complete information. More information is expected to be made available shortly, once all the procedural tests are complete, and the Club will await any action until that information has been released."

 

[CrazyCowboy]

I am a bigger idiot then Henry.........I used to hope he would be a Cowboy!

I am done with that thought......

 

[BouncingCheese]

Wasn't there a Seinfeld episode where George's test came back negative and he thought it was a bad thing. Maybe the person who initially reported it as failed drug test didn't know what a negative test meant. Just kidding, but it sounds like it will be a mess for someone no matter what the real results. A positive test is bad for Henry. A negative test is bad for whomever leaked it as a failed test for opiates.

Maybe the Episode where Elaine had tested positive for Opiates, but I was because she was such a lover of poppie-seeded bagels, and that she ate them in such large quantities that is what made her test positive. Is that what you meant?

I hope Thiesmann leaked the story... I don't know how he could have done it but I am still crossing my fingers for it haha.