Speaking of Dolphins - Ricky Williams Giving Up on Retirement

Guess he needs more money for pot.

Williams to serve four-game suspension beginning with Game 13
 
By BARRY WILNER, AP Football Writer
November 23, 2004
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ricky Williams will serve a four-game suspension beginning next month and then be reinstated with the Miami Dolphins by the NFL, according to his lawyer.

But the league says an agreement has not been finalized.

``I am pleased with the National Football League\'s proposal,\'\' attorney David Cornwell said Tuesday. ``I think Ricky will be pleased, too.\'\'


Williams must approve the deal, which would move him from the retired list to the suspended list for the final four games of the schedule. The running back is required to serve a four-game suspension for violating the league\'s substance abuse policy.

After that, his contract with the Dolphins would be in force.

``Anything regarding Ricky\'s status is a league matter,\'\' Dolphins spokesman Harvey Greene said.

``No agreement has been reached at this time,\'\' NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said, adding the league and Williams\' representatives have been in discussions ``for some time.\'\'

Williams, 27, retired during the summer, giving up the $5 million he would have earned this season, which would have been his sixth in the NFL, amid reports he faced the suspension for substance abuse. Williams is now about a month into a 17-month course at the California College of Ayurveda in Grass Valley, Calif., studying holistic medicine.

The Dolphins\' season pretty much was ruined by Williams\' sudden retirement. The star runner was the focal point of Miami\'s offense and the Dolphins, also ravaged by injuries, are 1-9 without him. They will have their first losing season since 1988 and Dave Wannstedt resigned as coach earlier this month.

The team filed a lawsuit last month in federal court against Williams after an arbitrator ruled he owes the team more than $8.6 million for breaching his contract.

Williams rushed for 3,225 yards in two seasons with the Dolphins, including a league-leading 1,853 yards in 2002. They acquired the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner in a trade with New Orleans after the 2001 season.

Throughout his career, Williams has been plagued by strange behavior, including conducting interviews with his helmet on when he was with the Saints. He suffers from social-anxiety disorder and was a spokesman for an anti-depressant. He said marijuana helped him once he had to stop using the anti-depressant because it didn\'t agree with his diet.

Williams found laughable reports he retired because he wanted to continue smoking marijuana
 
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Now the question is, what team does he play for next year.  Who needs a running back?

Dallas maybe?
Oakland?

He is going to be treated like shit by his teammates, the fans, the owners, the coaches, and the media. Its going to get REAL interesting.

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If T.O can find a home, then Ricky William\'s can also.
-shrugs-

They both have to big of ego\'s and both are great ballplayers, tho\' I would kick both their asses in a heartbeat. I\'d go all Artest on them.

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the dude on NFL Live had a good point. Said that no matter what, ricky williams wins in this. He gets his money back, and he gets to start over with a new team. While the tema that gets him is gambling on him incase he quits in a couple years. And the dolphins have to pay him, and theyre going to trade him, and get nothing for him.

I hope ricky williams gets stuck on the cardinals or something.

The dolphins should keep him, and bench him.

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Originally posted by Deadly Hamster
The dolphins should keep him, and bench him.

He wants that. Money for nothing.
He needs to go to a team that will hate him and won\'t win. That way his career just fades into nothing.

What a surprise... Didn\'t see that coming at all.



The Dolphins will get something for him... Somebody will take a chance.


I bet they get at least a second rounder for him, shit maybe even a first.

Originally posted by Luke
What a surprise... Didn\'t see that coming at all.



The Dolphins will get something for him... Somebody will take a chance.


I bet they get at least a second rounder for him, shit maybe even a first.

You know what I wouldn\'t mind having him over in Detroit. I mean we can\'t seem to do anything right rushing the ball. It sure can\'t get any worse for us:stick:

Maybe the Bucs can pick him up, not too far away from Miami.

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have u been watching pittman? dude has like 6 TD\'s in 4 games. Plus with alstott healthy, thatll help. They need a D-lineman besides simeon rice because offenses can focus on him and not have to worry about the other guys. And they need a WR.

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good riddance....let this cat frolic in the tulips with his ballet shoes on and his pink skirt...he did the same thing again..."uhm yeah i want to come back"...then a minute later " naw nevermind"..he  wants to smoke trees all day...yo, this cat is a f*kin\' loser...


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=1936875

He\'s obviously just one of those people... I like to call them morons.

Well I just heard that he has made up his mind to not re-enter the NFL. Apparently he still doesn\'t want to take drug tests. Obviously this man loves to smoke his pot.  

"He needs to look for the meaning of life.." they said on ESPN. All day yesterday they were talking about how he wasn\'t sure still but today I guess tehy comfirmed it.

Hmmm pot or millions of dollars?  Hard choice... :rolleyes: