What do you think about the CFL letting Ricky Williams play football in Canada?

Question

He has been suspended from the NFL for substance abuse, and is a disgrace to the game.

Answer 1

i think it could be a win win for both sides.Thats only if ricky stays clean n out of trouble and has a great year. I hope he does everyone deserves a second chance.

Answer 2

Obviously, he found out that he can get it there also.

Answer 3

I think they need him more than he needs them.  I also think he's had his share of chances.

Answer 4

First off, he is NOT a disgrace to the game. The CFL has allowed him to play and sign in the CFL because there isn't an agreement between the two leagues to honor each others discipline sanctions.

I'm excited that Ricky is playing in the CFL and hope he does well because I would like to see him play. I can't remember the last time I went to see the CFL live. But having Ricky in the league will definately draw interest from fans. I'm hoping to get out to see a game with Ricky.

Good luck, Ricky!!!

Answer 5

Marijuana use is effectively legal in Canada, so the only issue of Williams personal habits to be concerned about was his walking out on the team...but that was because he had tested positive for marijuana.  As others said, Lawrence Phillips was the bigger concern being a violent criminal.  By comparison, Williams is harmless.

Williams might actually benefit by playing in the CFL for two or three years.  Because of the field width and average of 10-15kg less weight on the linebackers and defensive linemen, his body may not take as much wear and tear per game.  He might actually enjoying his time before returning to the NFL later.  

Who knows, he might do as Tom Clements did, taking advantage of having the January-April semester free to continue his university degree and stay in Toronto until the end of his career.  The weakened US dollar (C$1 = US$0.908) makes the CFL's maximum salary (C$150,000 or US$136,200) look a lot better than it did three years ago.

Answer 6

Good move. A real score for the Argonauts!

If every American in the workforce who smokes grass was terminated from their job, the desire to increase the present low level of illegal immigrants in the USA would be a top priority. After all, somebody would have to fill the jobs Americans are too f####D up to do.

Answer 7

he's let himself become a circus

more like a sad clown though

Answer 8

pot usually leads to other drugs but lets hope that ricky ends there and cleans up his game.  i hope he can bring toronto to another grey cup

Answer 9

I don't think the NFL should be testing for marijuana in the first place---It doesn't positively affect one's performance on the football field.  What's to say he's not flying to Amsterdam where it's legal and flying back?  Yeah, I know, he's not doing that.  Just using a far-fetched example to make a point.

You didn't ask a question about marijuana prohibition, so I'm not going to go into it.  But I feel that a pot smoker has as much right as the cocaine abusers who limit their use to the off-season to play in the NFL or wherever else they please.

Answer 10

Well, it's a great move for the Alouettes, the CFL team that Ricky is going to play for, but it's stupid on the part of the Dolphins to let him play.  If he gets hurt theyre never gonna get theyre money and theyll also lose a decent running back.

Answer 11

He's playing for the Argonauts, not the Alouettes (Toronto, not Montreal), and he's never beat his girlfriend, killed people, taken hard drugs, had character issues/squabbles with teammates, been a d**k, yet many who fit one or more of the above descriptions continue to play in the league.  I can think of many more players (T.O., Ray Lewis, Onterrio Smith, everybody on the Minnesota Vikings, etc, etc) who are WAY bigger disgraces to the game.  Ricky just did something that doesn't enhance his game, and is less harmful than cigarettes.

P.S. Joe Theissman is a tool.

Answer 12

As a Canadian , and with ricky being my favorite football player, I think it was a bad move on the cfl's part. They are condoning drugs. But what the h**l, it's only pot, and it's not like he was smoking it with kids or something. Give the man a break, let him smoke, if anything it can only decrease his athletic ability, not enhance it. Only in America can you be portrayed as a hero while toting a gun, but be villified for smoking a drug which makes you relax.

Answer 13

At least we are not letting him play here. In Canada, everyone does freakin drugs, they dont care.

Answer 14

I think its fine. He is good but a druggie. He could be very good if he wanted too. He deserves another chance.

Answer 15

Well since they will have the NFL still drug testing him I say let him do it. If they didn't do the drug testing I would say they deserve what they get. I would also be against it for the sake of the NFL who would have this idiot running around up there with nothing as a punishment if he used drugs. It would mearly encourage him and you would see him there for good after the start of next season when he would be permantly suspended from the NFL. This time it is just a year next time it is lifetime.

To the one who said he could be very good if he wanted that is the SADDEST part. He has no intrest in playing. He never has. He is that d**n good without really trying. Imagine how many records he could have already broke if he wanted to play.