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NFLPA looking into Eric Reid's allegation of excessive drug testing

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The NFL Players Association is looking into an allegation by Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid that the NFL is targeting him with excessive drug testing, a league source told ESPN.com.

 

Reid said on Wednesday that he has been randomly drug tested five times in eight games since taking an initial drug test after he signed with the Panthers in late September.

Reid said he has never failed a drug test to warrant so many tests, all for performance-enhancing drugs, and suggested it was because of his collusion grievance against the NFL.

The grievance was filed in May by the NFLPA on Reid's behalf, alleging that team owners and the league, influenced by President Donald Trump, colluded to prevent Reid's employments because of his protests against social injustice during the national anthem.

 

Reid, the first player to join former San Francisco 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick in kneeling during the anthem, continues to pursue the grievance.

"I know what I'm dealing with," Reid said Wednesday. "I have a collusion case against the NFL. This is something that doesn't surprise me from them. It's supposed to be random. It's obviously not. I'm not surprised about it. Even though it seems crazy on the outside looking in, and it is. I'm not surprised."

The NFL declined to comment. But under the Collective Bargaining Agreement the NFL and NFLPA are not involved in the testing. It is performed by an independent laboratory and a computer program selects the names of players to be tested.

 

"I know I've done nothing wrong, so I'm not concerned that my drug tests will come back ... that I'll fail that test," said Reid, who was last tested after Sunday's loss to Seattle. "But the system is lying, much like what I'm protesting. It's supposed to be a random system.

"I've been looking at math statistics trying to talk to people. I think it's like a one-percent chance that somebody gets tested this much. Statistically, big problem."

Reid also has hinted that the league targeted him with a couple of fines for unnecessary roughness penalties. He appealed both and was refunded the $10,026 fine for throwing down Philadelphia tight end Zach Ertz after his hit of quarterback Carsen Wentz.

Ertz, also penalized for unnecessary roughness when he went after Reid on the play, was not fined.

Reid has not heard back from his appeal of his $10,026 fine for hitting Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who was while sliding at the end of a scramble.

Carolina coach Ron Rivera disagreed that the unnecessary roughness call on that play was warrented and sent the play into the league for an explanation.

Since there is no appeal for a random drug test the NFLPA, according to a league source, is looking into what it can do to assure Reid is being treated fairly.

"I'm not losing any sleep over it, but it should be talked about,'' Reid said. "It's wrong.''

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25403736/nflpa-looking-eric-reid-allegation-excessive-drug-testing?platform=amp

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What will piss me off is when something is proven that HE IS being targeted, and then the (possibly true) ref conspiracies pick up traction that the league didn't look fondly on us for signing Reid. 

 

**Disclaimer, refs and the NFL haven't exactly caused us to not make FGs or score in the redzone so they haven't lost us games. 

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Yeah, I’d like to have him back next year.  He’s not the best S in the league but he’s definitely better than the fools we’d trot out instead of him.  And I feel like he has a case.  The Ertz thing was ridiculous, I’m glad he got that reversed. But testing on over half your games? With no PED history?  Come on...

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I double he'll be re-signed. He was a worthwhile attempted band-aid but IMO he hasn't been good enough to warrant his distraction. The guy is constantly complaining about something and honestly, Ron should've sent him to the locker room after he tried to start a fight with Malcolm Jenkins during the coin toss when he shouldn't have even been on the field. I don't care about a player's political views or personal beefs until they become an issue on game day. Reid's style of play at the safety position just isn't all that useful in today's NFL. He's a throwback old school head hunting safety playing in a league that has essentially banned that style of play.

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3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

If there's anything specific that you disagree with saca, feel free. Or you can silently passive aggressively poo on posts with nothing to add. Either way.

You'd complain if you were tested for performance enhancing drugs 5 times in 8 weeks. You'd complain if someone tries to attack you, you defend yourself by pushing him out of the way -  you get fined, but the attacker isn't.

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