Therein lies the true meaning of the substance abuse program: company image!

 

If a player gets hammered at home the league cares not. If the player gets hammered at a club and quietly takes a cab home the league cares not. But if the player gets hammered and it shows up on the front page of the newspaper, then the league cares and puts him in the program. He's in the program not for the sake of the player, but for the sake of the image of the company.

 

The company then covers it's own behind by testing the player to insure he doesn't tarnish the image of the company again by partaking in a legal substance in his own home. Additionally, he could be on a family vacation in Italy during the off season and the company calls for a test and he must comply or he's failed a second test.

 

Regards......................the Chiefjag

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