Josh Gordon one-year suspension upheld by NFL: Twitter reacts
By Jack Crosby
We finally learned on Wednesday, after a long process, that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon will indeed be suspended for one-year from the NFL as the result of a second failed marijuana test. Now a couple other factors off the field may have aided in the NFL upholding this suspension after the appeal, but the original issue was the violation of the drug policy.
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The other issues surrounding all of this is that people see this lengthy suspension as unfair, given how Ravens running back Ray Rice was recently only suspended for two games following his involvement in domestic abuse.
So, as you would imagine, people are the twitter universe were less than pleased, to say the least, that Gordon will now be out for a year, including all of next year’s training camp.
Ways NFL could’ve handled the Josh Gordon situation better: ANY OTHER WAY.
— Made By Superior (@madebysuperior) August 27, 2014
Josh Gordon gets a year suspension for maybe smoking weed. Ray Rice 2 games for knocking out his girlfriend.
— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) August 27, 2014
Josh Gordon can't catch a break.
— J.Richardson (@_JRichardson) August 27, 2014
Okay so Josh Gordon is out for year for pos test but Ray Rice only gets two weeks? What about Merriweather? 2 wks despite repeated offenses.
— Travis Horner (@TravisHorner23) August 27, 2014
Boooooo RT @AdamSchefter: Browns WR Josh Gordon has been suspended one year, per league source.
— Trey (@al_25_) August 27, 2014
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