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Originally Posted by Mr_Snafu
Hey Folks!
This is HIS life. It's HIS decision. It takes more balls and forethought to walk away if it makes YOU happy, than it does to keep playing because *everyone else* expects and want you to--for their own selfish reasons. I respect his individuality. I assume he has done well enough (financially) with his earned income over the past 5 years, and he also qualifies for the NFL pension when he hits retirement age. He is heading to Asia to travel for "several months." When he gets to Saigon, if he does, I'll hopefully have chat with him. He's doing what we all should do--look out for number 1--because no one else will. |

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Originally Posted by Pepper
... and it is my decision to call that decision ridiculous and a WASTE OF TALENT.
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Originally Posted by ratm383
...he prolly does look good in a dress though...
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Originally Posted by P-funk
Off topic- JD are you a Browns fan or a Jets fan?
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. It was my duty to hate the Browns, although I'll say when Modell moved them to Baltimore in the middle of the night I thought that sucked big time. If any city deserves a NFL football team, its Cleveland. Here in southern Jersey, I'm forced to watch the Eagles.
| While in Ohio, since I was in the southwest corner... sit down Pat... I pulled for the Bengals . It was my duty to hate the Browns |
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Originally Posted by P-funk
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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon
FUCK Ricky Williams. Sure it's his choice to retire, but he totally screwed his team with his timing. He could have retired when the season ended, or played out the 2004 season then retire. Retiring ONE WEEK before camps open really puts the Dolphins in a bad poistion. They now have to rely on someone who had 41 total carries last year to carry the load. Shit, even if he retired a week ago, the Dolphins could have gone after Eddie George. I'm not a Dolphins fan and really don't care if they suck now, but Ricky Williams just screwed over all his former teammates and they won't forget that.
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Originally Posted by JerseyDevil
Here in southern Jersey, I'm forced to watch the Eagles.
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Originally Posted by Pepper
Drugs? Well, if I am stroking $5 million a year to guy, I damn well have the right to make sure he is not snorting it up his nose.
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Originally Posted by Dale Mabry
Not if it doesn't effect his on-field performance, IMO.
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Originally Posted by JerseyDevil
![]() You have to give me some credit for being a huge Ohio State fan. GO BUCKEYES! |
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Originally Posted by Dale Mabry
Not if it doesn't effect his on-field performance, IMO.
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Originally Posted by ALBOB
But how do you know whether it is or isn't effecting his performance? It's better to just go ahead and test to make sure they're clean and performing at their peak.
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Originally Posted by Deadly13
This retirment is retarted I know alot of ppl thats going be talking shit now... Whats up with this guy he has all the right talent to be an great now in my book..His another Mike Tyson that well piss alway is money to come back 4 yrs later to work for 1.2 million or low-pay like that are proably the min amount.
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Originally Posted by PreMier
What?
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Originally Posted by nikegurl
He cut his dreads.
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b/c with all the football talk (which i love) the thing i take from the ricky williams story - was the change in hair style. go ahead - say it. "chicks"
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Originally Posted by ratm383
headcase....fruitcake....etc etc.
ever hear those speeches about wasted talent and ppl who wished they had what you have hating you? yeah that would be ricky williams. (spaz) ![]() |

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Originally Posted by Dale Mabry
Obviously they based his pay on some criteria, ie. yardage and TDs. So if he doesn't make what they consider to be that criteria, then it is considered to effect on-field performance. The pay is based on what he can do for the team, I am pretty sure you can tell if he is worth the money or not.
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Originally Posted by PreMier
Do you like the bald head better, or his dreads?
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Originally Posted by ALBOB
On the surface I agree with this. My point is that being measured against some arbitrary "standard" is just that, arbitrary. There's no way to tell what level a person COULD be performing to. Therefore I'm all in favor of drug testing just to eliminate that possible deterrent to peak performance.
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Originally Posted by Dale Mabry
That is the problem, just because someone is doing drugs does not mean they will perform any worse than someone who gets drunk every night.
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Originally Posted by Johnnny
Here is some recent news.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns It looks like Ricky doesn't care that he has to give back $8million to the Dolphins as this will force him to quit even if he changes his mind. Very sad. I saw on the Fox link that apparently Ricky Williams still has severe Anxiety Disorder & heard Jason Taylor say he's very shy & quiet. |
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Originally Posted by feeq
1) I think Ricky did a very smart thing. He said f ck it and walked away while everyone was on his c ck. Some people don't realize that it's his life and he can do what he wants.
2) Who in there right mind wants to work for a living when they can just sit back, relax, smoke, travel and get laid because they have alreday made a lifetimes worth of money at the age of 27. 3) A fact that allot of people don't know is that he is set for life. He walked away from the pro's at 27 everybody wants to do a movie/book about him know. And besides that the NFL takes care of it's own, once a player is in the leauge for 5 or more years and decides to retire they have to pay him a percentage of his highest salary for life. Not to mention the fact that he left after he got his roster bonus for the year! And who wants to play for the Dolphins anyway they will never win lol. ![]() |
| Ricky is out of his brain.The pot is going to choke him up. He wants to do whatever and whenever with no rules and regulation regarding NFL that is why he wants out. I would like to see him after 2 or 3 years from now. He should get a professional help before kill himself on pot and other shit. |
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Originally Posted by Mikhal
Maybe he ain't play'n for us , he's play'n for him.Sports is a game , Life is tha Shit. Just kick'n a point of view. Peace n Love
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Originally Posted by Johnnny
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Completely agreed. He is clearly only thinking about pot. He is apparently apart of a support group & has failed 3 tests or something while being a member of that group. A part of me thinks he retired b/c he knew that he'd be suspended by the league b/c of their substance abuse rule. So he reitires to avoid suspension & all the hype so he can just relax & smoke all the pot he wants to. Then another part of me says he's just a weird guy with sever Anx/Dis. |
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Hey Johnnny, I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I have had the same thoughts, but for what I understand, ok I won't lie, for what I read, he got upset because he was busted for a third time. He had his mouthpiece Dan Lebatard from the Miami Herald and ESPN saying that we should be happy for Ricky because he iwas doing what he wanted and that his drug use was not as bad as the widespread around the NFL. Later he told LeBatard, after he had stuck his neck out for him, that he was really upset about the third test. If he were to try to come back now that he presented his retirement papers, he would have to accept a 4th failed test, even if he didn't fail, which brings about an indefinite suspension....He's screwing up and he may not even realize it... |
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...and now Ricky wants to play for the Raiders...He said he may be back next year but not with the Dolphins. The weed is working out well...He's flaky, I told ya'll..... |
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Originally Posted by IainDaniel
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