K.J. Wright, who is the Seattle Seahawks NFL players association rep, believes the league should reconsider their policy on marijuana.
The NFL handed down an indefinite suspension to Seattle Seahawks receiver Josh Gordon on Monday, effectively ending his tenure in Seattle and jeopardizing his NFL career.
It was the sixth drug related suspension of Gordon’s career.
Gordon’s latest suspension, and the news that the MLB plans to stop testing for marijuana next season, has many folks clamoring for a similar rule change in the NFL.
“I think they need to look way more into it,” Seahawks linebacker and player rep K.J. Wright told the Seattle Times. “I think the old mentality of marijuana that it is just terrible for you and does bad stuff for you, I think they definitely need to look into it. I don’t know why that is still a rule and why that is the case.”
It is unclear if Gordon’s latest suspension involves marijuana use or not, but he has been connected to marijuana previously.
Wright called the MLB’s decision “a step in the right direction”, and he believes the NFL will eventually start taking steps to change their outdated policy.
“I think so, because at the end of the day, the whole PED thing is getting a competitive advantage,” Wright continued. “Like, we know some things give you a competitive advantage and I don’t think marijuana gives you an advantage. … At the end of the day, what it’s all about is making things fair and competitive.”
The Seahawks will host the Cardinals on Sunday, without Josh Gordon, at 1:25 p.m. PT.
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