Ricky Fights the Urge
September 30th, 2008 by Alex
In an interview, Ricky Williams talked about how hard it was to refrain from enjoying a toke during his team’s bye week.
Williams is notorious as the running back who’s been suspended three different times for 1, 4 and 16 games respectively. Violating the league’s substance abuse policy hasn’t helped his bank account too much, Ricky said that a fourth violation would likely result in permanent expulsion from the league.
He said:
Automatically your mind, which is so constrained since training camp began … says, ‘I’m free, what can I do?’
So there was definitely an urge. But I just thought about what I have to lose, and it was easy. The urge didn’t last very long.
Although Ricky says he’ll never indulge again as a pro football player, he can’t commit to that when he retires. Good call Ricky, not like you can get suspended from your retirement, so it’s safe to light one up and enjoy a bear claw or two.
It’s rare to see such honesty from a professional athlete when it comes to marijuana usage. Considering the amount of constant beatings their bodies take, and the consistent pains once done playing in the league, it’s surprising that more NFL players don’t address the subject of pot as pain relief.
Well, Ricky did. Smart? Probably not. Honest? Definitely.
