The NFL suspended the Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph for this weeks game against the Kansas City Chiefs because of a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy according to Sports Illustrated. We have yet another NFL player suspended for violation of the substance abuse policy. It seems like every week we hear of another player getting in trouble. I’ve always said that the behavior of these professional athletes, NFL players in particular, has been steadily disintegrating over the last few years. Joseph will lose salary for this week’s game and the following game against the New York Jets as a result of his violation. He is the ninth Bengal arrested over the past nine months. Two other Bengals players are suspended at the moment, linebacker Odell Thurman and receiver Chris Henry. Thurman violated the substance abuse policy last year and sat out the season, and isn’t allowed to return this season. Henry has been sentenced to miss the first eight games of this season for multiple violations of that same substance abuse policy. I have to ask… When will players learn to shape up and stop doing drugs? I guess this is a universal question that applies to plenty of people, but these professional athletes are in the public eye and as a result their offenses draw much more attention.
This image was found at www.bengals.com.
This image was found at www.bengals.com.
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