Quote:Someone has to be punking us because there's no way Florio wrote that article.

 

Seriously, this article is spot on.  The policy is garbage.  When a player needs help the most, the league severs all contact and leaves them on their own.  It's a stupid policy.

I would seriously doubt that they have left JB to deal with this on his own. I would be willing to bet the exact opposite is true. I would think that they have recommended and offered JB some of the best options in the world that exist for someone requiring the help that he does. On top of that they have publicly acknowledged that he is still welcome and will have a job if he is reinstated.

The rest is on him, and he does not appear to be fulfilling his end of the deal.

 

 To your point FBT of the leagues drug policy, do you feel the same about the entire drug free workplace requirements that are in place for other occupations as well? Personally I believe what a person does on their own time is their business as long as it does not hinder their performance at work so in that regard the leagues policy is garbage. The fact that he is required to 100% abstain from alcohol completely is ludicrous. There are civil laws in place to deal with perpetual law breakers as it pertains to alcohol. Unfortunately for JB he is relegated to the rules set by and agreed to by the league and his own union but I suppose the union is a farce as well as there is not another choice of employers for their members. Conform or be gone I reckon.

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