Decision not to re-enter league signals end (Ricky Williams) [View All]

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Ricky Williams' career as a football player may be over after he decided not to accept a proposal to re-enter the NFL and serve a four-game suspension for violations of the drug policy, according to his attorney, David Cornwell.
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Williams met with Cornwell Wednesday night and Cornwell couldn't talk him into seeking reinstatement. More than a week ago, Cornwell worked out a proposal that would have allowed Williams to return this week and be suspended for the final four games of the season.

"Ricky is going to stay on the retired list and I have to conclude that his career is over," Cornwell said.

Williams still owes the Dolphins $8 million for not fulfilling his contract with the team. At the moment, he is studying holistic medicine at a college near Sacramento, Calif.

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I Love that he is such a hippy and have felt so since his UT days

and

YET

I HATE that the institution of corporate football values profits so much above character that they would even Dare to make such an offer to this guy.

WHY

...in Sport of all things,

have we verily Condoned the acceptance of

doping

and cheating

and just generally being a DICKHEAD

in the name of profit?

I say Ricky is great and gwad bless him for making the cash to buy his freedom to be who he wants to be.

BUT

I say

GAWDDAMN
the big bidness illusion of character
of sport that allows such stuff to go on
after the very fist glimmer of it occurs

These are our babies watching this play out

apolitical sport is the last bastion of good character

and we sell it...

WHY???

What to do???