Thread by @VoiceOfTheStar

I'll say this about Gregory, the guy is literally week-to-week, day-to-day even, for the entire season. Imagine having to walk on eggshells...for an entire half-year or more (over weed).

Now do that while also trying to stay focused on prep. Now do both while being bipolar.

So yes, Gregory was correct. The NFL's policy/approach to mental health is "trash". You have an insane amount of pressure on someone who is clinically diagnosed with bipolar depression.

How's that not setting him up to fail?

Not saying he will, but this is a serious troll job.

And again, I've gotten no indication from anyone he's in "trouble", but the fact is that could change next week...or the week after...so forth and so on...and it might never be due to a failed test.

It's all based on the league's OPINION of him in his mandatory meetings.

WOW.

And I'll reiterate this for those who aren't seeing my full picture here:

He doesn't have to fail or miss a test. If the league's doctor IS OF THE OPINION something is wrong -- it's treated as objective law, and he'll be suspended.

Now, tell me, how's that okay?

I don't get bothered by much, but anyone who has followed me for a while knows how I am about mental illness.

If the NFL truly understood how to manage it, they wouldn't be applying unreal pressure to a person with it -- and over a drug that's already legal in many states.

🤔

Argue the weed/no-weed thing all you like. Yes, rules must be followed even when the rules are dumb.

That's non-negotiable.

This thread isn't even about the rule though (as dumb as it is) but rather the blatant and disturbing disregard for mental illness.

I mean, seriously?

DON'T. APPLY. UNDUE. PRESSURE. TO. SOMEONE. WITH. DEPRESSION.

...and expect a perpetually positive result.

You jackasses.

I'm done. Let me stop talking now before I parasail off this cliff. End thread.