https://t.co/AMSDjvvmRE Seems like poor reporting going on as this indicates nobody getting suspended 8 games.
No, it doesn't. He clearly at about the :27 mark states that they fought very hard to have it retroactive so that positive tests "from the end of last season through..." Gordon's positive test supposedly was from prior to the end of last season (some time in December).
Per Feely's own words, the new standards wouldn't necessarily apply to Gordon.
he goes on to say that its unfair if one person is suspended for 4 games and another is not depending on the timing of his test. He also presented this when they asked him about Josh Gordon. He went as far as presenting a theoretical case. I cant believe you saw the same video I did and came up with your conclusion, but each has a right to their own opinion.
I can't believe I can type out the words he used for you and you still don't understand what he's saying. I didn't come up with any conclusion. Those are Feely's actual words. Riddle me this: Did Gordon's positive test happen in December (during the 2013 season) or was it sometime after the Super Bowl (after the season, so that "from the end of the season" applies)? Maybe you are simply unclear on what the words "from the end of the season" mean?
And, the example he used had nothing to do with Gordon when he discussed unfairness. He said it would be unfair if Skip gets tested today and would be negative under the current policy and not serve a suspension, but Stephen A. has the exact same results from a test performed two weeks ago (his words) and would serve a suspension.
Had the example he used said, "it would be unfair for Skip not to be suspended, but for Stephen A., who had his test performed in December of last year, be suspended all because of timing," then you'd have a point.
Dude, I just like to bring pertinent info to the board so players can make informed decisions. I'm not in the business of chest puffing on a forum board or getting into it with some guy names Dogg. so I'll bow out and wait for the decision. I think he's playing if it passes. You don't. Good luck.
I'm not trying to be a #### here, but either I am having a tough time being clear in my writing or you are struggling with reading comp/active listening. I have yet to give my opinion on the subject and I probably won't and I haven't drawn any conclusions. I don't think one way or the other on this because I don't have enough reliable information. Any thoughts would simply be a guess and I don't like to work with guesses.
I
hope he's cleared immediately as I picked him up last week in one of my leagues.
But, the video from Feely does not make anything clear one way or the other on Gordon. He says they fought hard to have reinstatement for tests "from the end of last season through" the present. From what I've gathered (and I did a quick Google search and didn't find a date), Gordon's failed test was in December, during the regular season. Based on that and Feely saying they fought for reinstatement for tests "from the end of last season," it's not clear that Gordon is going to be included in the "retroactive" group.
Maybe he will be. I
hope he will be. But, Feely's video is not evidence or authority that Gordon will be (assuming his failed test was during the 2013 season).