Seattle fans have a right to be upset that two of their best players (Sherman and Browner) were so selfish that they did this and put their teams success in jeopardy. Seattle is playing awesome right now and this distraction is un-needed and was simply unecessary.

Oh…and Norcalmafia’s comments above are clearly born out of jealousy and he is clearly compensating for some shortcoming of his own.

1. Was Goodell even involved with this suspension or appeal? Usually Cottrell and Shell handle these appeals, and PED tests don’t get hearings, so Goodell probably hasn’t been involved.

2. The CBA handled all of these issues, not to the players benefit though. In the CBA, if I recall correctly there was a provision that made the collection issues irrelevant BECAUSE of the Ryan Braun case. The players need to learn that there are more important things then just money. This is the 2nd issue that comes from trying to get those few more pennies now, instead of how to keep earning them.

3. Sherman didn’t use the Adderal defense. So I doubt it was Adderal, it was probably steroids. Especially since he said that he drank from another players water bottle.

4. If you are someone who relies on their bodies to make millions, you should know what goes in or out of your body and how it is handled before and after. I have not nor would I allow a urine test to be in a less than okay container. If he could see that there was a 2nd container, then he could’ve asked for another container. Methinks he let it go so that he could use this defense later.

5. He never said he was innocent just that the test was taken wrong. That is the most telling thing right there. I believe this would come into play in a lawsuit. He was suspended for breaking the rules, he never has stated that he is innocent.

Either way letting it wait this long has probably hurt his team.

He doesn’t even know what the rulling is going to be and he is talking about lawsuit and slaming the NFL – the league responsible for paying him Millions.

I just wish and hope we don’t have a “troubled” player here that is going to cause team problems. I’m not talking about the positive test or the appeal – that stuff will happen. I am talking about the way he handles himself. TO couldn’t get enough attention until he got enough attention, then he wanted little attention but it was too late. Someone needs to talk with this kid.

For those of you who think he should be suspended based on this test – how about if it was your sample that was treated that way?

I hate to break it to you Richard, but using a second cup won’t result in a Adderall magically appearing in your urine…

If you noticed the seal was broken you should have spoke up at the time.
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Who says the seal was broken when Richard handed it over???
I hope you guys do understand players aren’t standing watch from transportation to lab to make sure no tampering or mishandling of their samples are done. It’s silly you guys even think that way.

Oh and never mind that his teammate, of the same position, tested positive for the SAME drug. A terrible coincidence I’m sure.

One took the suspension like a man and the other is whining like a baby.

Really, dude? This is the best BS you can come-up with, norcalmafia?

Ya, it’s all stadium design that makes it so loud, even if I went down there right now @4AM thurs. morning the Clink is so loud it would physically hurt my ears like being at a rock concert, just like it did Sunday Night when I was there… Sorry, Santa Clara 49ers fan (speaking of all your suburb-talk in your post, it funny your team moving to suburbs )

I was also at 2005 NFC Championship Game against Carolina at the Clink. Loudest event I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of rock concerts in my day. Clink doesn’t need piped-in noise.

Hey norcalmafia we actually won that NFC championship game in 2005 and went on to Superbowl… When is last time U Santa Clara 49ers did that? Wait they played in it last year, but, but………

Don’t worry, Seattle, with or without Sherman, will make sure you don’t make it to another Superbowl until after U have abandoned San Francisco for the suburbs

Cue the “5 Trophies” blather now………blah blah blah

Question is — What have you done for me lately ???

If the NFL does the same thing, I fail to see how Sherman can win this. He is responsible for all of that stuff, unless they admitted to breaking it by dropping it or whatever. If he actually seen the man put another cup under it because of the broken bottle, he had the right to tell him that and tell him he wants another bottle to take another sample. If he didn’t see it, then he has no evidence to support it. You can’t use someone’s past history to make it your base argument. It doesn’t work that way.

Second of all, I agree with those who say he should have taken his suspension prior to the playoffs, rather than hurt his team to prove his supposed innocence.

I can’t believe we’re talking about a lawsuit over a cracked cup
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Everytime I’ve had to take a urine test at a doctor’s office they’ve taken extra protection to ensure the bottle is sealed and carefully transported for good reason. They don’t want to get sued for wrongly reporting a person has a serious disease. To answer your question chaseutly when the bottle of urine is potentiality worth millions of dollars (the cost of a 4 game suspension) I would expect it to be handled with the utmost care.

I know some of you have had to give urine samples during the hiring process to check for drugs while applying for a job. Some may even have to do it periodically at your current position. I wonder what you would do if you fired or denied a job under similar circumstances.