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Ricky Williams (official thread)

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Wow, is he "cleaning up his act"?

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tedginn05 said:
I'm really surprised that the Dolphins(And the NFL) are letting him do it. I say the Dolphins because I'm surprised they aren't worried about injury. The NFL because I'm surprised they will let him serve his suspension while playing pro in another league.
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The NFL wouldn't want the headache of fighting the player's union over this one. As for the Dolphins:

  • It keeps his mind on football
  • It keeps his trade value up
  • It keeps him in shape
  • He owes them $8.6 million and they can't collect if he is broke
 
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If RW is in shape he is going to dominate the CFL. I don't know much about the CFL, but I feel bad for any team that was hoping to have a chance to win it this year if RW plays like he is capable of. Maybe Saban should have sent Marcus Vick up there too. :p
 
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Updated: May 30, 2006, 1:35 PM ET
Ex-Argo Theismann calls Williams 'disgrace to game'


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Former quarterback Joe Theismann, who began his professional career with the Argonauts and later went on to star in the NFL with the Redskins, said he was "embarrassed right now to be a Toronto Argonaut" in an interview with ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd.
"I don't ever want to be mentioned in the same breath as Ricky Williams as a football player. He's a disgrace to the game. The man doesn't deserve to play football. He should go on with his life and treat his drug addictions or go do whatever he wants to do. He's been suspended from the National Football League on multiple occasions. Doesn't anybody have any class anywhere? For gosh sakes, let the kid go do what he wants to do. He doesn't want to play football," Theismann, who is part of ESPN's Monday Night Football announcing crew, said.
Williams was suspended by the NFL for the entire 2006 season following a fourth positive drug test. But the Dolphins gave him permission to play this year in the CFL, and he signed with Toronto on Sunday.
Theismann, while calling Williams a "good kid" said he believes that the running back has had too many chances.
"We have rules in the National Football League. It's real simple. Don't do drugs and you can play. It's a privilege to be able to play professional football. It's not some rite of passage. He's insulted the Miami Dolphins after they took him back and gave him a chance to play. Now he insults the intelligence of everybody that thinks that doing drugs is OK. To me, it's the wrong message to send to kids. It's the wrong thing to be doing, and the Toronto Argonauts have embarrassed themselves as an organization signing him," Theismann said.
Toronto has won the Grey Cup -- the CFL championship -- 15 times, most recently in 2004. The Argonauts were 11-7 last season.
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Isn't this the same Joe Theisman who was caught red handed in bed with Jamie Leigh Curtis or somebody.. by his wife who decided to surprise him the night before a super bowl that she wasn't intended to be at ?? ...last minute surprise by the mob who bet against Joe -- per Dan Moldea, the mob investigative reporter/writer.. in his book "Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football

Throwing stones whilest one is in a glass house is not smart...
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Isn't this the same Joe Theisman who was caught red handed in bed with Jamie Leigh Curtis or somebody.. by his wife who decided to surprise him the night before a super bowl that she wasn't intended to be at ?? ...last minute surprise by the mob who bet against Joe -- per Dan Moldea, the mob investigative reporter/writer.. in his book "Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football

Throwing stones whilest one is in a glass house is not smart...
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The same Joe Theisman that had a son caught with crack cocaine in 2002. The same Joe Theisman that played with Dexter Manley and against Lawrence Taylor. I have never heard him call them a disgrace.
 
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http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=cd042203-27d6-4def-b7fc-f010f6d5badb&k=62855

Williams has lacklustre CFL debut





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Toronto Argonauts Ricky Williams runs the ball unders pressure from Hamilton Tiger-Cats JoJuan Armour (right) and Tim Cheatwood (left) in Toronto, Friday. (CP/Adrian Wyld)






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Published: Friday, June 02, 2006 TORONTO -- The Hamilton Tiger-Cats spoiled Ricky Williams' much-anticipated first CFL game.
Hamilton held the former Miami Dolphins running back to just seven yards rushing on four carries en route to a 31-3 victory over the Toronto Argonauts before a vocal Rogers Centre gathering of 21,469 on Friday night in the first CFL exhibition game for both teams.
The teams will complete their exhibition schedule next weekend in Hamilton.
Josh Ranek, Terry Vaughn and Mike Morreale scored Hamilton's touchdowns. Jamie Boreham converted all three touchdowns and added three field goals and a single.
Rookie Jaco Booyens, a South African-born rugby player, accounted for Toronto's scoring with a field goal.
The game capped a whirlwind week for Williams, who signed a one-year deal with Toronto on Sunday shortly after being suspended for the 2005 season by the NFL following a fourth violation of the league's substance abuse program. Williams had just four practices to get acclimated with Canadian football, yet it was clear by the hundreds of Miami jerseys featuring Williams' No. 34 present at Rogers Centre who many had come to see.
But they had to wait as veteran John Avery started at tailback although a loud ovation erupted midway through the first when Williams, who is wearing No. 27 with Toronto, was shown on the Jumbotron patiently waiting his turn.
Williams quietly slipped into the game with five seconds left in the first and the Argos at their 35-yard line trailing 14-0. Predictably, Williams got the ball on his first play from scrimmage, resulting in a two-yard gain, but it wasn't until the PA announcer called Williams as the ball carrier that the former Dolphin received a rousing ovation.
Fans got a rise out of a vignette in the second that made fun of former Toronto quarterback Joe Theismann' condemnation of the club's signing Williams.
On Tuesday, Theismann called the move a "feeble excuse" by Toronto to sell tickets, lashed out at Williams and said he was ashamed to have worn the club's old A emblem on his helmet.
During a stoppage in play Friday, a video ran on the Jumbotron showing Theismann wearing a helmet with the A emblem.
Suddenly, a giant pencil appeared and rubbed out the A, after which the worlds Happy Now Joe appeared, again drawing solid applause.
Hamilton took control in the first with Ranek's four-yard TD run 4:40 and Jason Maas' 37-yard scoring strike to Vaughn a 37-yard touchdown strike at 14:35.
All Toronto could muster offensively was Booyens' 43-yard field goal at 4:20 of the third.
Former Argo Morreale rounded out the scoring with a 33-yard TD catch from rookie Patrick Josten at 7:00 of the fourth.
NOTES - The Ticats are sporting No. 57 decals on their helmets to honour the memory of former offensive lineman Travis Claridge, who died in the off-season. . . . Spergon Wynn got the start at quarterback for Toronto. Wynn and former Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch are battling for the backup job behind incumbent Damon Allen. Crouch came on in the third. Maas opened for the Ticats before giving way to Kevin Eakin in the second.
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Dispatch

6/3/06

CFL legend says he’ll skip games with Ricky Williams

Saturday, June 03, 2006

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TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Football League Hall of Famer Angelo Mosca said he will not watch or attend Argonauts games after the club signed running back Ricky Williams.

Williams, who was suspended by the NFL for the 2006 season after a fourth positive drug test, signed a one-year contract Sunday with Toronto.

Mosca, a former lineman with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, said his anger is not directed at Williams or the Argos but CFL commissioner Tom Wright for allowing a suspended player to enter the league.
"I have no ax to grind on Ricky Williams at all," Mosca said. "But the commissioner never took a stand. We (the CFL) should never have signed a player who is under suspension. We’re becoming a dumping ground for all sorts of disoriented people."
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I don't understand what the big deal is with all of these people saying that they won't watch or keep up with the CFL because Williams was signed, and is going to play in their league. Personally, I think that would attract more fans, considering he's a good RB and can still play pretty well. If the guy wants to do drugs, who cares? Honestly, I don't know why doing marijuana is such a big deal to most people. I don't agree with it, but it's not like he's a terrible person because he smokes weed.
 
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CFL Rule Changes Forthcoming?

Looks like the recent media coverage of the Williams - CFL - no-drug policy nexus may cause a rethinking in the Canuck league's head office.
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CFL Commissioner Tom Wright says Ricky Williams is not the first suspended NFL player to come north to play in Canada.But Williams certainly brought some attention to a deficiency in the rules of the CFL.
He told CJOB there is no policy that specifically relates to such an issue.

Wright doesn't believe the CFL should be signing NFL players who are under suspension, but it wouldn't be fair to target Williams now.
The Commissioner adds He's talking with the NFL about a reciprocal policy, so players in either league who are suspended won't be signed by the other league.

Meantime, The Winnipeg Blue Bombers held their final training practice Wednesday.
They are concentrating on Friday's pre-season game against the Montreal Alouettes at Canad-Inns stadium.
CJOB's Robert Holland reporting
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Now, I wonder if either league's players association will take a stand against restraint of trade?
 
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