Denver Running Back Travis Henry apparently loves Rocky Mountain High

How ironic is this? Just one day after posting the story about the marijuana advocate group purchasing a billboard space to lure Ricky “Master Puffer” Williams to Denver, current Denver running back Travis “I Gots 9 count them 9 Mf’ing kids to pay for” Henry, is in trouble AGAIN for violating the NFL substance abuse policy. This one gets a little strange since federal courts are involved.

“Denver Broncos tailback Travis Henry, the NFL’s leading rusher through the first four weeks of the season, is facing a one-year suspension for a repeat violation of the substance abuse policy, multiple sources told ESPN.com on Thursday night.

But in a battle that has reached the federal court system, Henry is attempting to block the league from testing the so-called “B-sample” necessary to confirm the positive test, claiming that NFL officials would not allow his expert to be present for the testing of his specimen.“

With nine kids from nine different women, I have to wonder if his “expert” was going by the name of Candy who was charging by the hour for her services.

“League vice president of public relations Greg Aiello on Thursday night confirmed that the NFL is involved in the court action with Henry and that the league hopes to have his motion dismissed. Citing confidentiality policies that are a part of the substance abuse program, Aiello declined to address the results of any tests involving Henry.

Henry’s attorney, Robert Dapelo, could not be reached.

The issue being challenged by Henry is that the NFL would not allow his expert to observe the testing of the “B-sample.” Although the collective bargaining agreement permits a player to have an expert present for the testing, Aiello said that expert cannot be affiliated with any laboratory. The expert presented by Henry did have such an affiliation.

The league provided Henry with the names of 10 independent experts as reference for his potential use.”

Why can’t the player’s expert be affiliated with a laboratory? That doesn’t make sense. I’m not a fan of drug usage and I support drug testing however the NFL does need to be fair about this. If the league is providing a list of “independent” experts, then I have to wonder just how independent can they be.

Henry put the bong down, go spend time with your nine kids and play football, it’s that simple.

So I profess on this day 10/05/07.

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