Re: Floyd tests positive for alcohol
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:33 pm
see ya later, violator.......
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He had some booze. Why is that "astronomically embarrassing"?? He messed up, cut him. I didnt want the guy in the first place and it was a one year prove it deal. We weren't indebted to him so who cares. I'd much rather have Treadwell as our #3 and Wright as our #4 anyways. Plus have Adams/Coley compete for the #5 spot. I think Floyd was a long shot to make it anyways. He never impressed me even in Arizona.HardcoreVikesFan wrote:It is always SOMETHING with this franchise. Literally cannot go a year without something astronomically embarrassing happening.
He needs help. I hope Minnesota can help get him the resources he needs. However, he doesn't deserve a spot on this roster - cut him.
Decker signed with the Titans.Hunter Morrow wrote:Six urinalyses a day and he goofed up five days before he was done with it. What a dope. Can we still get Decker?
http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/24/vi ... bucha-tea/“I am writing to request Mr. Floyd not have his court mandated requirements negatively impacted since he did not know the kombucha he ingested contained alcohol,” Warren wrote in the June 21 letter, which was cc’d to Vikings president Mark Wilf, general manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer.
Floyd said in a sworn affidavit the Vikings encourage their players to consume kombucha tea as a health drink, and that it is served “on tap” at Winter Park.
Man, someone on the Vikings staff screwed up. How can you give something to your players and not know what it contains? The bottles they sell at Whole Foods even have an alcohol disclaimer on them. It should be common knowledge for anyone serving this stuff that the fermentation process creates alcohol.dead_poet wrote:Doh
Vikings to judge: We encouraged Michael Floyd to drink kombucha tea
http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/24/vi ... bucha-tea/
Right, which is why it seems FAR more likely to me that the Vikes are just backing the story of a player they signed and want to utilize this season.S197 wrote:Man, someone on the Vikings staff screwed up. How can you give something to your players and not know what it contains? The bottles they sell at Whole Foods even have an alcohol disclaimer on them. It should be common knowledge for anyone serving this stuff that the fermentation process creates alcohol.
Me neither. If I am not mistaken he went from zero to whatever he tested at in a very short amount of time. He'd have to guzzle a lot of tea very quickly to do that.Mothman wrote: Right, which is why it seems FAR more likely to me that the Vikes are just backing the story of a player they signed and want to utilize this season.
I don't buy this tall tea tale.
There are some things that validate it in my mind. First his 6 days left under monitoring. I find it unlikely that someone goes that far and then messes it up. Plus not long after he starts working with the Vikings he fails? That does fall in line with the story.Mothman wrote: Right, which is why it seems FAR more likely to me that the Vikes are just backing the story of a player they signed and want to utilize this season.
I don't buy this tall tea tale.
I don't find that unlikely at all, considering his history of alcohol-related problems.Cliff wrote:There are some things that validate it in my mind. First his 6 days left under monitoring. I find it unlikely that someone goes that far and then messes it up.
I don't either. Maybe they're trying to be supportive and believe they can help him if they can just keep him on the team and surround him with the right people. Maybe they just think he can help them win. Teams have done worse.Plus not long after he starts working with the Vikings he fails? That does fall in line with the story.
Why would the team be dumb enough to lie for a player that clearly hadn't learned his lesson? Rick's unwillingness to admit a mistake, perhaps? His upside is just that high? I don't know.
If the team did tell him to drink it my guess is that he saw it as a team sanctioned way to get a buzz. One or two of those probably wouldn't have shown up and that's probably what the team had in mind.Mothman wrote:The bottom line for me is the story doesn't add up. It has the illogical complexity of an excuse. It seems far more likely to me that a player with a history of alcohol-related problems had a slip than that the Vikings signed such a player and, en masse, from trainers to coaches to teammates, failed to let him know there's alcohol in the tea they make available at their facilities and he should avoid drinking it. Nobody knew Floyd's situation and thought to warn him about it? I find that almost impossible to believe.