“… This concept of the second chance exposes the NFL’s deeply reactionary hypocrisy. The NFL shoots players up with all kinds of pain killers and turns the other way when illegal drugs that promise increased aggression and muscle mass are consumed. But the same men turn into trembling Jimmy Swaggarts when the drug tests turn bad. There is a proud tradition in the CFL of shaming the NFL establishment’s Cro-Magnon views of the world…. Here’s hoping that Ricky Williams gets to experience the air up there in the Great White North. The money may not be as sweet, but you won’t be treated like a piece of indentured equipment….”
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