So What's the Difference? Neal vs Brown Suspensions.

[Patler]

Andre Brown has had his 4 game suspension lifted after appealing it. He said it was for using Adderall under a doctors prescription, but that he had not gotten league approval.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/01/andre-brown-says-his-suspensions-been-lifted/

Mike Neal appealed and lost. He too said it was for using Adderall. From FS Wisconsin:

Mike Neal suspension update: In late March, defensive lineman Mike Neal told FOXSportsWisconsin.com exclusively that his four-game suspension from the NFL was a technicality due to miscommunication and not a true violation of the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. On Wednesday, Neal told WBAY-TV's Pat Mayo that he failed the test due to his prescription to Adderall, which he was taking for attention-deficit disorder.

I wonder what the differences are in the details. Does Neal not have a prescription himself?

[Joemailman]

Darned if I know. Perhaps the Neal story isn't over. Either the Packers or the NFLPA should be all over this.

[denverYooper]

Goddell just wants to stick it to the Packers. Look at how he ruined Jolly's life.

[Smeefers]

I don't think it's a hit job by Godell, there's got to be something to the story that we're not hearing. I'm very happy to hear that it's Adderal that he got busted for though instead of steriods or something worse.

[Patler]

Goddell just wants to stick it to the Packers. Look at how he ruined Jolly's life.

That one has always bothered me. Ultimately, it was certainly Jolly's fault and no one else. But, the DA seemed to want to stick it to Jolly in how they originally charged and prolonged the case, and Goodell seemed to want to ensure that Jolly's downward spiral continued. Both seemed ready to throw him away from the start of the two year fiasco.

[Fritz]

I agree. I, personally, enjoy feeling that the Packers are unjustly persecuted.

Speaking of, now Justin Blackmon of Jacksonville has been arrested for a DUI. How will the league handle that, and how will they handle both Nick Fairley and Mikel LeShoure being busted twice each in the space of three months?

Aren't those offenses worse than taking Adderall?

[Smidgeon]

I agree. I, personally, enjoy feeling that the Packers are unjustly persecuted.

Speaking of, now Justin Blackmon of Jacksonville has been arrested for a DUI. How will the league handle that, and how will they handle both Nick Fairley and Mikel LeShoure being busted twice each in the space of three months?

Aren't those offenses worse than taking Adderall?

They are worse. Unfortunately, the discipline falls under differently negotiated consequences.

[MadtownPacker]

Is one guy Blacker than the other one?

[KYPack]

Is one guy Blacker than the other one?

Just a tad.

If yer brown, you can stick around.

I think Goodell is a dickhead.

Fer instance, I think Fujita got nailed just so they could suspend one white boy.

Goodell has played this "New Sheriff in town" shit to death, IMVHO.

[Smeefers]

Jolly was a drug dealing dirt bag who got what he deserved.

[Joemailman]

Jolly was a drug dealing dirt bag who got what he deserved.

Jolly was a drug addict who was denied access to his best support group. Donald Driver dealt drugs too, but got his life turned around with the help of his grandmother. My guess is Driver would take exception with your description of Jolly.

[smuggler]

Jolly was a drug dealing dirt bag who got what he deserved.

You obvious don't know anything about the Jolly situation, so you are invited to shut your damn mouth.

Re: Andre Brown

He's a Giant. Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but the Giants' front office is so far up Goodell's ass it's cuddling his tonsils. That's the difference.

[woodbuck27]

I agree. I, personally, enjoy feeling that the Packers are unjustly persecuted.

Speaking of, now Justin Blackmon of Jacksonville has been arrested for a DUI. How will the league handle that, and how will they handle both Nick Fairley and Mikel LeShoure being busted twice each in the space of three months?

Aren't those offenses worse than taking Adderall?

RE: Justin Blackmon blowing ' a DUI' level of 0.24.

Re: The LIONS' Fairly and LeShoure. On 'a second offense', that should get the attention of the NFL HO....and possible action against these two players.

[Smeefers]

Jolly was a drug addict who was denied access to his best support group. Donald Driver dealt drugs too, but got his life turned around with the help of his grandmother. My guess is Driver would take exception with your description of Jolly.

You want to know the huuuge difference between Jolly and Driver? When Driver grew up, he ran away from that shit as fast as he could. When Jolly grew up, he kept it close to home and brought it with him where ever he went. Some things get worse the older you get. Don't you remember how much Codine he had on him? It's not like he was running a small time operation there. The dude was livin the thug life and paid the price. Every dealer knows the consequences of his actions. You either get out or you get caught. There ain't no old men in the game without a stain on their record at the very least, but someone carrying as much as he did,it's a surprise he wasn't in jail longer.

[smuggler]

Read the facts again Smeefers. He had a large quantity of substance that contained codeine. Based on the fundamentally idiotic way that Texas actually accounts for drugs, they charged him with having almost ten thousand times more codeine than he actually had.