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NEW YORK -- An agreement is close to completion where retired Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams will serve a four-game suspension beginning next month and then be reinstated to the team by the NFL, according to parties close to the negotiations.
Ricky Williams' career as a football player may be over after he decided not to accept a proposal to re-enter the NFL and serve a four-game suspension for violations of the drug policy, according to his attorney, David Cornwell.
Williams is currently on the league's reserve retired list and needed to make a decision by Thursday to try to be reinstated into the league. The league requires players on the retired list to be reinstated 30 days before the end of the season.
Williams met with Cornwell Wednesday night and Cornwell couldn't talk him into seeking reinstatement. More than a week ago, Cornwell worked out a proposal that would have allowed Williams to return this week and be suspended for the final four games of the season.
"Ricky is going to stay on the retired list and I have to conclude that his career is over," Cornwell said.
bckey said:I wouldn't want to see Ricky Williams in a Texans uniform. No way it would happen anyway. The Texans organization wouldn't pick him up because of his attitude and drug problems. Ricky is all about Ricky.
Uh..isn't that what Miami did? And that really turned out well. Let Ricky roll in his holistic healing trade. I don't want him anywhere near here.If you can get Ricky Williams at tailback for you, you do it.
aj. said:Uh..isn't that what Miami did? And that really turned out well. Let Ricky roll in his holistic healing trade. I don't want him anywhere near here.
Hervoyel said:The fact that Williams turned down what to me appears to be a sweetheart deal to get his life straightened out tells me that there's no way he'd be worth the risk. It's true that you're almost never going to be able to find a roster of perfect angels to put on the field but you at least want your devils to be effective and reliable. You pick your moments to add players who are "free spirits" and try to avoid the outright cancers as much as you can.
Ricky Williams is not a good risk. Nobody could convince me that he's ready to focus completely on playing football after he turned this down. I believe that the only explanation possible for him to refuse this overly fair arrangement is he has no desire to play football again or at the very least he hasn't enough desire to do it for a team to rely on him.
He's done.
DC_ROCK said:At some point you have to pick up great players. Yes the Texans would like to just get "good guys", but the fact is, that some of the "bad guys" are more talented than your "good guy."
Dime said:For those people who want a franchise back without paying a franchise price... Ricky Williams is available
WWJD said:Ricky looks alot like Earl Campbell with that beard. Too bad he doesn't act more like Earl.
Jwwillis said:Just mentioning Earl Campbell in the same sentence with RW is sacrelidge.
TexanExile said:I also disagree with the idea that he's minus the franchise price. he may be a headcase, but the Dolphins aren't going to give him up for nothing. There will be at LEAST a few teams willing to bid for him.
It's just not worth it. Although admittedly, it'd be interesting to actually have a running back who doesn't get hurt every single game....
DCowboysGal said:Why not just save the grief and sign one of the decent FA RB's that will be available this offseason, ie. Lamont Jordan, Shaun Alexander, Anthony Thomas, Rudi Johnson, etc.? MIN also might make Michael Bennett available in a trade, same with STL with Marshall Faulk, and KC with Larry Johnson.