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Originally Posted by TheGoose  I just text him, he had a medical license. but the UFC is retarded. |
The UFC is indeed retarded, but not as retarded as riddle. And they're not even the one setting the ruling, that's the NVAC.
riddle didn't get fired for being suspended in two out of his last three fights. He got fired for being very mediocre and getting suspended in two of his last three fights. You know how people who were happy to see that boring ol' Fitch booted because he wasn't improving and closing holes in his game? Getting suspended is just one of the holes in riddle's game that he wasn't closing.
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Originally Posted by TheGoose I'm so annoyed Matt is genuinely a good guy. one of the nicest fighters I've dealt with it is so ridiculous that marijuana is illegal. |
I've had to fire nice guys who aren't good at their job and who don't learn from their mistakes. It happens.
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Originally Posted by Spoon To be real, I'm currently trying to get a job myself. I've smoked for a few years, every single day (3-5 drags off a pipe, so not a very heavy user, IMO). |
You'd be surprised at how you rank statistically among the people who smoke. I don't have the figures in front of me, but you'd have been above the 90% when you were smoking daily, even if it was just once per day. You'd be off the chart among the average population, including the people who do not smoke.
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Originally Posted by TheGoose It's a miracle BJ never got caught for pot. but in no way shape or form is pot the same as TRT Quote:
Originally Posted by Sniggles You need an exemption for both. That is how they are the same. | |
TRT is legal, that's how their different.
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A medical marijuana card doesn't mean shit to anyone except to a police officer and a dispensary. It holds no value to anyone else.
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It's not even a license to smoke, it's a license to possess marijuana, and no employer is required to honor it.
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Riddle should have been lowkey about something that is highly political.
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He probably sees himself as an advocate for change, without realizing he's actually having an actively detrimental impact on the recreational-use-legalization movement. I work with a lot of idiots like that.
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Originally Posted by Spoon Just because he failed a drug test doesn't mean he was high during his fight, or even the weigh-ins; aka showing up to work stoned. |
fighters do not just get paid to show up and fight. With the advent of injury insurance, they now get paid to train. With increased testing measures--measures set by the ACs, not zuffa--they essentially get paid to follow the rules throughout the training camp, from the time the bout agreement is signed...reported sometime at the end of November/early December. If Riddle had been clean throughout that time--
or had simply applied for the exemption--he'd have passed the test.
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Originally Posted by Fe1 Good riddance as far as I'm concerned. The thing I don't get though is how getting suspended for smoking pot can get one guy fired and get another a title shot. |
Talent and ppv sales got Diaz the shot. Lack of above-the-industry-average-talent and ppv sales got riddle the boot.
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