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

[Fritz]

If it had been a different drug - say, alcohol - would Goodell have been so harsh?

[MadtownPacker]

If it had been a different drug - say, alcohol - would Goodell have been so harsh?

Guessing he would. Wasnt it one of the saints that killed some dude while he was DUI but wasn't charged with manslaughter because the pedestrian was at fault?

[Fritz]

Well, we now have an answer as to what Goodell would do if it were a different drug, one called marijuana.

The Detroit Lions' Mikel LeShoure was busted - twice - this offseason on pot charges. And the Commish hands down a message-sending....

two game suspension.

So Mike Neal gets four for what appears to be Adderall to help control OCD and which has no apparent body-enhancing properties, and LeShoure gets two games for getting busted twice for pot? WTF??????

Don't get me wrong. I'm not anti-pot, per se, as you all may know. But it's illegal except in some states for medical purposes. LeShoure had no presecription. Adderall is a prescription drug, for which, as far as we know, Neal had a prescription.

But Neal gets twice the suspension as LeShoure?

Roger Goodell is an idiot.

[hoosier]

Well, we now have an answer as to what Goodell would do if it were a different drug, one called marijuana.

The Detroit Lions' Mikel LeShoure was busted - twice - this offseason on pot charges. And the Commish hands down a message-sending....

two game suspension.

So Mike Neal gets four for what appears to be Adderall to help control OCD and which has no apparent body-enhancing properties, and LeShoure gets two games for getting busted twice for pot? WTF??????

Don't get me wrong. I'm not anti-pot, per se, as you all may know. But it's illegal except in some states for medical purposes. LeShoure had no presecription. Adderall is a prescription drug, for which, as far as we know, Neal had a prescription.

But Neal gets twice the suspension as LeShoure?

Roger Goodell is an idiot.

I think the difference is that adderall has possible performance enhacing effects, whereas pot does not. Most professional athletic associations include adderall on their lists of banned or restricted substances.

[KYPack]

I think the difference is that adderall has possible performance enhacing effects, whereas pot does not. Most professional athletic associations include adderall on their lists of banned or restricted substances.

Adderall will get you all revved up. It's flat out speed.

Pro athletes have been using Add and Ritalin for years to get that zipped up feeling some guys crave.

[Fritz]

I'm a little confused, maybe. When I think of "performance enhancing" I'm thinking of HGH, steroids, things that change your body. I get that speed will change the way a player feels and maybe thus change his performance, but not in the way that roids or HGH would. Is that correct?

So I suppose that in a way I can see what you guys are saying. It does make some sense. But it's a screwed up world, nonetheless!

[denverYooper]

I'm a little confused, maybe. When I think of "performance enhancing" I'm thinking of HGH, steroids, things that change your body. I get that speed will change the way a player feels and maybe thus change his performance, but not in the way that roids or HGH would. Is that correct?

So I suppose that in a way I can see what you guys are saying. It does make some sense. But it's a screwed up world, nonetheless!

You need a little something to take your mind off of things?

[sharpe1027]

The intent to distribute charge can often be a ploy to get a guy to plea down to possession. At best they could have said that passing the cup around to other guys in the car constitutes distribution. Even a southern all-white jury would have doubts on that one.

He got tossed in jail because he kept ignoring the fact that he was on probation for drinking that stuff, and getting caught drinking it again. It wasn't the severity of the crime, just the repetition of stupidity that forced the hands of the judge.

I just read an article that said he was arrested four times for the same thing. I hadn't realized it was that many times. His suspension makes a lot more sense if it was four separate events.

[hoosier]

Adderall will get you all revved up. It's flat out speed.

Pro athletes have been using Add and Ritalin for years to get that zipped up feeling some guys crave.

In other words, an anti-Cledius Hunt drug.

[Fritz]

Almost sounds like Goodell's on a game suspension per arrest schedule.

LeShoure - two busts, two-game suspension.

[KYPack]

Almost sounds like Goodell's on a game suspension per arrest schedule.

LeShoure - two busts, two-game suspension.

So it's hit the Weed, lay off the Speed, eh?

[Guiness]

I'm a little confused, maybe. When I think of "performance enhancing" I'm thinking of HGH, steroids, things that change your body. I get that speed will change the way a player feels and maybe thus change his performance, but not in the way that roids or HGH would. Is that correct?

So I suppose that in a way I can see what you guys are saying. It does make some sense. But it's a screwed up world, nonetheless!

'speed' comes in many forms, and is definitely a recognized performance enhancer. The olympics have a limit on how much caffeine you can have in your system, and Pseudoephedrine is also on the list.

Neither of these are performance enhancing in the way that roids or HGH are, but they can give you an edge. And if the other guy has an edge, and you want to compete, you have to follow suit, forcing you to take the same thing, even if you don't want to, just to keep up. I always felt that was at least part of the criteria governing bodies used when determining what should be on the list and what shouldn't.