To be honest, I wasn't sure this was even worth writing about, as it hardly could be described as news just yet. In theory, a potential season-long suspension of a player that was just traded for a third round pick coming down the urinary tract before said player has even put on pads for his new team is pretty damn noteworthy, but the concern caused the mere possibility of Martavis Bryant facing discipline? Yeaaaaah, not so much. It may not have come across the ticker as such, but the acceptance of the condition that Jon Gruden will never get a good night's rest when wondering what his new wideout is up to is what eventually sealed the deal for an endlessly talented freak of an athlete. Being unable to stay on the field because he can't stay off the weed was the risk involved in luring him to California, of all places, in the offseason. I'm sure the worry is more warranted than usual and that the Raiders have been tipped off by a league that's probably one tainted test away from demanding that Martavis Bryant wear a diaper and mail in his dirties to their HQ. Still, it's very telling that the Raiders fearing his suspension could have easily been the result of them waking up out of a nightmare in a cold sweat on a random Spring Saturday. Whether or not the use of something as harmless as marijuana should still be gradually closing the limited earning windows of professional athletes that put the health of their mind, body, and brain on the line in the year 2018 is decidedly up for debate. However, Martavis Bryant being one of "prevailing" examples of a zero tolerance rule (no matter how dumb) leaving a player's promising career in constant jeopardy is decidedly not.
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