Liberty and Justice for All!

We all know that Deuce, Will Smith, and Charles Grant are fighting suspensions for taking a diuretic as part of a supplement. Now, according to the article Deuce had been taking a supplement for the last four years. He submitted this supplement to the NFL for testing. And from the claims that have been made, the company allegedly added this substance to the supplements (even though it is not a listed agreement). Furthermore, when the company was notified of the problem, they supposedly did nothing about it. So if this is the case, and that there was no way for these players to have known that the formula changed, then they should not be suspended.

However, the NFL has a zero tolerance policy on supplements. While I have little tolerance for zero tolerance policies, you have to understand that these are the rules of the game. So we must consider the effect that this will have on the team. Can the Saints afford to be without Deuce, Smith, and Grant at the same time? I don’t think so.

The team needs to sit down with those players and work out a schedule of suspensions that least impacts the team. So what I would do is have Will Smith take his suspension for the next four weeks. I would then have Charles Grant take his suspension for the last four weeks. Finally, I would have Deuce wait to take his suspension until Reggie Bush is healthy. This way, you minimize the effect on the Saints overall. Otherwise, you could wind up missing 3 star players at once.

Curt Schilling stated that Roger Clemens needs to give up his Cy Young awards if he cannot refute the accusations made against him in the Mitchell report. I wonder if too much blood seeped out into the bloody sock. Perhaps he didn’t worry about learning logical reasoning or civics lessons while preparing for his career in Baseball.

It is illogical to demand someone prove a negative. How is Roger Clemens supposed to prove that he did not take steroids? This is one of the reason why our legal system includes a presumption of innocence. Curt should remember that before telling people to prove negatives.