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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 653843" data-attributes="member: 7261">Agreed.  But the "moralizing" of the subject happens when the player signs the contract (for that player).  Personally, I have a completely different viewpoint of marijuana then the NFL does, but if I want to play in the NFL, I need to live with their rule.Addiction is definitely an excuse, but here again, something a player needs to recognize and seek help or face the consequences.  We saw this with Favre.  Possibly not much different then  a player who struggles with food addiction.  There are no direct penalties from the NFL for this, but the indirect penalty is you may eat yourself out of a job.Just like when we all get our drivers license, we agree to the rules of the road.  Personally, I find it silly to stop at a stop sign in the middle of nowhere and no other car in site, but if I choose to run that sign, I face the consequences of my actions.  Some NFL players just seem to run red lights in the middle of the day, at a busy intersection, in front of a police station.  Hard to fix stupid.</blockquote>

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