The Wisconsin equivalent would be like having alcoholic or convicted drunk driver live in an apartment above a bar.

Jolly does have a drug problem, but I don’t think he some trafficking kingpin like some articles have made him out to be. I believe Texas law is such that if you put any codeine in a drink, the whole drink is counted toward the amount of your possession.

It would be nice to know exactly what happened, but I would think if Jolly had been wronged by the league we would have heard about ti from him or his agent by now.

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Really? Most of them sounded pretty informed to me. “Personal responsibilty” and “admitting you have a problem” were the common themes. Is that not fundamental in addiction and substance abuse treatment?
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Dear Bombayblowjob, nice try taking a few catch phrases on addicition and selling the idea that most of the comments on here had any depth to them as they apply to the article… The fact is they don’t, but there are a bunch of folks on here that get it… so put the generic phases down and add something original. douche.

On another note… Great example of leadership here by Rodgers. This is sort of the opposite of what Eli would do for a teammate that finds himself in trouble. Plaxico is still waiting for a letter…
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Eli was being a leader for the other 51 guys that didn’t make a dumb decision and shoot themselves in the leg but still had to suffer the consequences of losing a Pro Bowl talent on their team. Nothing happened to Plaxico, he DID something. He can keep waiting.
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You’re obviously to stupid to understand the point. Every dumb@ss here understands there are consequences for your actions. We’re not handing you a noble prize for that. The point is, it goes farther in a locker room when you support a teammate rather than not support a teammate. But you probably can’t understand that being the apologist that you are.

Not until that suspension is lifted can you return to the workplace.

That is how life is lived in the REAL world, not Enabler-Land where Rodgers comes from.

You can’t blame Erin, it’s just the way she’s wired.

Not to mention him stiff arming an old lady with cancer.

As you are a fan of the Vikings you can be accepted as an expert on losers.

Got evidence?
Or are we just gonna roll with accusing people without evidence now like it’s the salem witch trials?

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Dude, yoiu are so F’n dumb. I wrote it out for tools like you . But nope, you have to take it as an affront to the Packers that I said there were other addicts on EVERY team.
REading comprehension is a great thing, look into it.’
Your post reads like you don’t think anyone else have a problem.

Get your head out of the sand dummy.

If he needs help- a tra
eatment facility and narcanon are the place for him- not with his team.
Do you get it yet?

On another note… Great example of leadership here by Rodgers. This is sort of the opposite of what Eli would do for a teammate that finds himself in trouble. Plaxico is still waiting for a letter…
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Eli was being a leader for the other 51 guys that didn’t make a dumb decision and shoot themselves in the leg but still had to suffer the consequences of losing a Pro Bowl talent on their team. Nothing happened to Plaxico, he DID something. He can keep waiting.

Got evidence?
Or are we just gonna roll with accusing people without evidence now like it’s the salem witch trials?

Jolly never had this whole Purple Drink problem during the season, football distracted him from using drugs. Dude was busted during the off-season and then suspended a whole season, kinda leaves him with a ton of time with no distractions…

but can’t really blame the NFL office that much.

Here is what I know to be true….If I fail one drug test for the corporation I worked for I am fired, period. No second chances, no suspensions, etc…. I am gone….that is how it is in the real world…..football players should be no different…..
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Does your job contribute significantly to generating hundred of millions of dollars for your employer each year? No? Do you see the difference? Your job is not equal to an NFL players, so stop using that line of reasoning.
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It’s exactly this type of thinking that tells guys like Jolly that there is no reason to stop what they are doing. Once a person shows athletic talent in their early years- stupid behavior is tolerated or swept under the rug. That is, until it can’r be covered up anymore.
That he is a 1/2000th cog in a corporation that generates billions of dollars is irrelevant.
By you saying what you said, you are excusing his behavior-that;s sickening.

For players with obvious drug and alcohol issues, being in a strong locker room culture every day probably has more positive effect on that player than simply telling him to take a hike and figure it out on his own. Especially when teammates and the organization are willing to help.

The Packers probably wanted Jolly in house everyday but the league does not allow it. It’s not the league’s fault, as Jolly made his own decisions.

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What in the world would anyone in that locker room know about a support system for an addict?

The support system he needs is a treatment facility and narcotics anonomyous. There, he would be around people schooled in helping addicts, being that many that work at these facilities are recovering themselves.

Being around the team- he is surrounded with people that are addicts or abusing many different drugs and alcohol(potentially- relax packer fans- i’m generalizing the whole NFL not just the Packers-reference the turd watch if you don’t think there is a widespread problem).

Anyway, I’m sure he was affored the chance of treatment- his response was to continue his idiotic behavior.
Rodgers should have probably kept his mouth shut- he has no background in addiction – he most likely has no idea what the leaugue did or didn’t do for him. I understand he feels for his freind, but his freind is an idiot.

*yawn*

Hey, could you post a little something for us about what it’s like to be irrelevant to, well, anything?

I won’t ever agree with him though. The league gave him an overabundance of chances that he took and then messed up.

Overcoming addiction isn’t easy, but it shouldn’t be upon the league or the team to provide unlimited chances to clean up.

Having said that, I wonder how many of the people posting here have wrestled with addiction and have come out on the other side a winner. Probably few.

this is the same support system that was there the first 3 times he got in trouble and didn’t do much to stop him from doing it a 4th time. If you break the rules and get suspended from your job, then you don’t get the ability to come back to work until your suspension is over.. that’s the way it works. If you want to play football don’t do drugs… or at least don’t get caught doing drugs. There are consequences to the choices we make and the things we do.

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I agree there are consequences to the things we do, but let’s say we are not talking about a professional football player. Let’s say we are talking about a software developer in a high tech firm. If he was arrested (not jailed) for an instance like this, would his company legally be able to suspend him until the legal system ran its course. Beyond that, would he not only not be allowed to work for his current employer, but also no other employer in the entire high tech industry?

I get the NFL wanting to clean up the image and take a stand against this stuff, but in some regards, they are creating a situation where individuals will be repeat offenders. A different approach might yield better results.

I wonder if Aaron Rodgers feels as bad for the numerous other druggies that can’t clean THEMSELVES up in order to maintain a job.

Just focus on throwing the football, dummy.