Tenard Jackson Suspended For The Remainder Of The Season

[RyanLeaf16]

Directly from the mouth of former Buccaneer defensive end Steve White:

I will never understand guys who pull this kind of sh*t. At least with performance enhancing drugs while you know its wrong and illegal you can kind of get that guys were looking for a physical edge so they could perform better. Maybe for a new contract or maybe to help the team win, either way that kind of cheating is centered around a guy trying to make himself better.

But by all outward appearances Jackson was popped for some form of recreational drug. And this would have to be at least his third time getting caught. I sincerely thought that after he lost four games last year to start off the season that he would have learned his lesson. Not only did he embarrass himself and his family, he also put his teammates in a helluva jam. For whatever reason I thought his pride wouldn’t allow him to make the same mistake again.

Boy was I wrong.

And while its obvious that he was popped for this infraction sometime ago and is just now being punished, the timing couldn’t be any worse. Right at the point where folks are starting to believe in the Bucs again he just ruined ALL of that.

As White points out, it has a lot more to do with the team and a professional obligation/responsibility rather than if you think its "stupid" that the NFL comes down on guys for smoking weed. Whether or not you like it, rules are rules. End of story.

 

[Esjay]

So you are saying that he is not addicted to it? He makes millions of dollars to play a game and yet can't lay off of an illegal substance? This isn't like its his first or even second offense. Sounds like an addition to me

I'm saying he's not addicted to it. Dude is perfectly capable of laying off the weed, he just can't because he's obviously too ignorant and selfish. Weed is not crack cocaine.