News: Gregory Suspended for a year

[DIAF]

So many of us called this crap when we drafted him, and he's done nothing but disappoint.

 

[jimmy40]

What ever happened to probable cause and habeas corpus...never mind logic and common decency.

sounds like some weed from the coast

 

[Cowboys_22]

People sometimes make bad decisions, it's part of life.

He'll bounce back stronger than ever and help lead the Cowboys to many many many playoffs. Go Cowboys!

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

I didn't, I want to see the players that earned the right to play in the playoffs, not some jackass dopehead that would rather smoke pot.

okay, you won there

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Wow. Was hoping we'd have a dynamic duo of Gregory and Irving for years to come. The draft it is.

 

[Nightman]

From what I have cobbled together

RGregory failed a test this summer, his 5th failure because it resulted in a 4 game suspension
He then entered rehab instead of staying at Training Camp
At some point he failed another test before October resulting in a 10 game suspension
He re-joined the team around the same time and started working out
He then dropped the appeal of his 10 game suspension
In November word leaked his missed another test
He quietly appealed the latest missed test and finished his 14 games off
He was not allowed to return 2 weeks early to begin practicing because NFL said he was "not in compliance"
He returned for Games 15 and 16 while still appealing his newest failure
His appeal was heard yesterday and he lost
He is now suspended indefinitely and can first apply for reinstatement in a year

DAL still has his rights for 3 seasons(this year didn't count) and he won't count against the roster next year while suspended

 

[MRV52]

People sometimes make bad decisions, it's part of life.

He'll bounce back stronger than ever and help lead the Cowboys to many many many playoffs. Go Cowboys!

Not when you screw up 3 or 4 times. I am good with and believe in giving people second chances but this guy is a write off. How many young players would have loved to have been in his shoes? He has no one to blame but himself. I think he has potential to be a good player now I am not sure if he has played his last game for us or any other NFL team. The ball is in his court now to do something about it, if it isn't too late.

 

[Jarv]

From what I have cobbled together

RGregory failed a test this summer, his 5th failure because it resulted in a 4 game suspension
He then entered rehab instead of staying at Training Camp
At some point he failed another test before October resulting in a 10 game suspension
He re-joined the team around the same time and started working out
He then dropped the appeal of his 10 game suspension
In November word leaked his missed another test
He quietly appealed the latest missed test and finished his 14 games off
He was not allowed to return 2 weeks early to begin practicing because NFL said he was "not in compliance"
He returned for Games 15 and 16 while still appealing his newest failure
His appeal was heard yesterday and he lost
He is now suspended indefinitely and can first apply for reinstatement in a year

DAL still has his rights for 3 seasons(this year didn't count) and he won't count against the roster next year while suspended

Nice recap, what a shame

 

[superonyx]

Being a drug addict isn't a weakness to me. It's all about making piss poor decisions and throwing your life away. I can sympathize with a person in that situation, but that doesn't mean they don't have to pay for their decisions. I've always said, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Let's just say you may feel differently if you have ever known a true addict...the addiction can move from drugs to food to sex...it's not about just making poor decisions. It's about treating a void that is much deeper than just poor decision. The person who became hooked on opiates after having his wisdom teeth pulled didn't make a poor decision. They made the same decisions most of us have made...we were just lucky that we weren't born with the same issues as they were.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Just be done with him. There's no reason to put any more effort or time into hoping he gets straightened out. He's made his choice and it isn't to play in the NFL.

 

[jimmy40]

prove over the next year he gives a damn about his career and we'll see him then.

 

[Aven8]

Part of me agrees with you, however, the other part of me believes if I was investing millions of dollars in some one, I might want them to stay free of drugs. The are paying these guys to be in top physical and mental shape, not sure weed is real conducive to that.

Free of drugs?? But it's ok to pump HGH and Testosterone, and pain killers in these million dollar bodies??

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

People sometimes make bad decisions, it's part of life.

He'll bounce back stronger than ever and help lead the Cowboys to many many many playoffs. Go Cowboys!

 

[Proof]

Wow! And all my life I thought the Cowboys were part of the NFL. Professional sports is a different type of business. The teams share revenue because they're part of the league. Otherwise teams like Jacksonville and a few others couldn't exist. The Cowboys could not exist without the NFL.

I'm not going to waste anymore time splitting hairs or arguing semantics. Yes the cowboys are a part of the NFL. No the NFL doesn't pay player salaries. It's that simple. They are the governing organization of individual franchises. Whether the teams profit share or collectively bargain is irrelevant.

The league provides an opportunity for players to earn money, the team pays it. Same as theirs a distinction between a team punishing a player vs the league. In a completely separate argument, the players generate the revenue for the teams and league in the first place.

 

[superonyx]

Reading comprehension is your friend. I said it's not hard to not do drugs, meaning just don't start to begin with. If you don't start, you don't get addicted.

Have you never had a drink of alcohol in your life?
Have you never been prescribed pain medication after surgery or an injury?
There are people addicted to sex...have you never had sex?
There are people addicted to food.

And yes 30 million Americans are addicts today. Many are very successful people and good fathers, mothers and neighbors. They are not lacking personal responsibility.

 

[Aven8]

A real downer in a week that, to this point was full of good news...

Yeah, it wouldn't have meant squat had he not played the past 2 games and actually look like a real NFL pass rusher! Sometimes I looked up and it looked like Demarcus coming around that corner with that burst he has!!

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

So many of us called this crap when we drafted him, and he's done nothing but disappoint.

If you called it back then, I think he has done exactly what you thought he would and shouldn't be disappointed.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Free of drugs?? But it's ok to pump HGH and Testosterone, and pain killers in these million dollar bodies??

Ah no, those are banned as well.

 

[Aven8]

Ah no, those are banned as well.

But taken regularly.....

 

[BourbonBalz]

Ah no, those are banned as well.

Well, the steroids are anyway. "Prescribed" pain killers are not.