The rules are in place.
Obey the rules.
Don't obey them, and you get what you get.
I'm sure we all have our own ideas about how the league should operate, and what they should or shouldn't do to improve the game for the players and/or fans; but until the rules are changed, obey the MFing rules for the benefit of the team. It's not quantum physics.
NFL, Union approve new PED policy
Appeals of positive tests under the PED policy, including HGH, will be heard by a third-party arbitrator whom league and union officials will choose jointly. The statement promises that appeals will be heard more expeditiously because of improved procedures under the policy.
A first violation of the PED policy will result in a suspension without pay for up to six games depending on violation:
• Positive tests for diuretics or masking agents will result in a two-game ban;
• Positive tests for a steroid, stimulant or HGH will result in a four-game ban;
• Evidence that an attempt was made to manipulate a test result will result in a six-game suspension.
Players will receive a 10-game suspension for a second violation of the policy, while a third positive test will result in a suspension of at least two years.
Positive tests for banned stimulants in the offseason will no longer result in suspensions, however. In these cases, players will be referred to the substance abuse program. Positive test for stimulants during the season will be considered a violation of the PED policy and result in a four-game ban.
While a neutral third party will hear appeals of PED violations, commissioner Roger Goodell will retain his authority under the personal conduct policy, the statement said. Appeals of punishment under the personal conduct policy will be heard by a member of the CBA Appeals Panel.
The league's new recreational drug policy will include additional steps, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
• A first offense will put the player into the league's drug program.
• A second offense is a two-game fine.
• A third offense is a four-game fine.
• A fourth offense is a four-game suspension.
• A fifth offense is a 10-game suspension.
• A sixth offense is a one-year suspension.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...cing-drug-policy-human-growth-hormone-testing
(MJ) Marijuana won't be punished like other drugs All players will be tested at least once per league year during training camp for substances of abuse, including marijuana. However, it'll take more violations to reach the
advanced discipline stages for marijuana than for cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, opioids, phencyclidine or MDMA.
A first offense for any of those drugs enters a player into Stage One of the intervention program for up to 90 days. If a player tests positive again while in Stage One,
he'll be subject to an immediate three-week fine and advanced to Stage Two.
In Stage Two, players will be subject to unannounced testing up to 10 times a month and marijuana is separated into its own discipline structure. Here's how the term sheet lays it out:
If player is in the program by testing positive for either marijuana (MJ) or other banned substances of abuse (O):
Next violation relating to
MJ 2 game fine
Next violation relating to
O 4 game fine
Player's last discipline was 2 game fine for MJ:
Next violation relating to
MJ 4 game fine
Next violation relating to
O 4 game fine
Player's last discipline was 4 game fine for MJ or O:
Next violation relating to
MJ 4 game suspension
Next violation relating to
O 4 game suspension, entry into Stage 3 for O
Player's last discipline was for 4 game suspension for MJ or O:
Next violation relating to
MJ 10 game suspension, entry into Stage 3
Next violation relating to
O Banishment, can reinstatement after 1 year
Player's last discipline was for 10 game suspension for MJ:
Next violation relating to MJ Banishment, can reinstatement after 1 year
The threshold for a positive marijuana test will now be 35 nanograms per milliliter – up from 15 ng/ml under the 2006 drug policy, but still lower than the standards used by Major League Baseball (50 ng/ml) and WADA (150 ng/ml).
Discipline for marijuana violations after the last game of the 2013 season will be adjusted under the new marijuana discipline schedule, except that suspensions will not convert to fines.
Players remain in Stage Two for a minimum of one year and in Stage Three for a minimum of two years. Under the old policy, a player in Stage Three remained there for the rest of his career.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/09/13/nfl-new-drug-policy-three-things/15571205/
