Quote:I completely follow what you're saying and agree that skepticism can be justified.  At the same time, I don't personally think there's any reason for Long to be presenting misinformation.  In fact, Long was one of the first to break the news Blackmon had voluntarily sought rehab.  That, also was something he broke on 1010xl.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/jacksonville-jag...-procedure

 

 

 

• <p style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);">A player must formally apply in writing no sooner than 60 days before the one-year anniversary day of the letter he received from the NFL notifying him he was suspended. In Blackmon’s case, he was suspended on Nov. 1, 2013.
  
  
  

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<p style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">That makes him eligible for applying for reinstatement for quite some time.

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<p style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Dirocco has Tweeted in the last few months about his being eligible as well.

That doesn't take into account what transpired last summer in July.  The league would no doubt have an issue with a player under suspension already being arrested and found to be in possession of a banned substance.  That's why I'm not so sure that the speculation that he has already applied and been rejected is necessarily accurate. 

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