PlinytheCenter
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Bummer; for him to put himself in this position, and for the team to have to deal with this bullshit. Hopefully he'll pull his head out of his ass and realize the opportunity in front of him.
Ha ha. Does Boykins really have substance abuse issues? It just said he was thrown out of a bar.ivotuk":9dbvzo03 said:I read that players who have substance abuse problems in college, "matriculate" in to the substance abuse program in the NFL and can be in the NFL's program before they ever play a down in the NFL.
Boykin's troubles stem from substance abuse, so I'd say that he will be in warning status, not suspension or anything like that.
IIRC, Brandon Browner came in to the league in the program because of violations in college. Probably why teams weren't too "high" on keeping him around initially.
PlinytheCenter":1qq1318y said:Bummer; for him to put himself in this position, and for the team to have to deal with this bullshit. Hopefully he'll pull his head out of his ass and realize the opportunity in front of him.
crosfam":ixqq1995 said:If he hadn't gotten into trouble, he would have played in the Alamo Bowl, and been a 3rd-4th rd. draft choice. I think the loss of a million $ or so is enough "league punishment". Might warrant a "warning letter" from the league to avoid further trouble. If he gets in another bar-fight/disturbance type situation anytime soon I wouldn't be surprised if we cut him. It seems like this is just the formalization of the plea deal anyway, no new news. I bet he apologizes, gets probation and community service. Hopefully he stays out of bars, etc. in the future, nothing but trouble for somebody in his position.
DJrmb":jaggnra2 said:As for Goodell, you never really do know with him. He seems to make completely different decisions depending on the day and his mood... It's a bit different of a situation but Goodell did suspend Terrelle Pryor 5 games his rookie year for the whole making money off his signature thing and I thought at the time he had made a statement that he would hold incoming college players responsible for their actions even if they happened in college, if he deemed they damaged the integrity or the reputation of the NFL. I haven't been able to locate that exact statement though so maybe I'm mixing up two different things...
Anyway I think the biggest fear in this case with Boykin is if the judge decides to make him spend a few months in jail. I hope Boykin has been making steps toward showing that he made a mistake and is not actually a "bad guy" and can present a better image to the judge.