08-20-2016, 06:03 PM
(08-19-2016, 04:33 PM)The Real Deal Wrote: From 4 games to 3.
Fair or not? Personally I don't understand why it would be reduced. I feel like in this instance you either missed tests for whatever reason and broke the rules or you didn't and you're innocent. But who am I?
This is correct. They also fined the team. So, along with not advancing Bell in the program, the NFL clearly acknowledged they and the Steelers had some culpability in the missed tests (i.e. proper notification). It should have been either 0 or 4 games - I don't understand how they came up with 3.
Bell is either responsible for the missed test or he isn't. The program also apparently tests him weekly, so it looks like there probably should have been no suspension (so much for favoring Steelers) given the acknowledgement of some degree of confusion over the missed test.
Steelers GM was apparently pissed [haha, no pun intended] the story leaked believing it would have otherwise only been 1 game at most.
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