You know that I have been talking about guys like Kyle Turley, guys like Jake Plummer, UM, guys that have been advocating against the opioids and the pharmaceuticals as pain management in the NFL, and that the NFL has not really been kind in terms of pain management and players safety. And a lot of people are advocating for marijuana. But as recently as the draft in April, Commissioner Roger Goodell
said that it was like unhealthy and addicting. You know, you still get suspended for four games, Uh, if you have a positive marijuana test. Okay, Um. But this week it came out that the NFL is going to study the pain relieving effects of marijuana jointly with the NFL Players Association. This, I think is a huge step. They wrote a letter saying that they're they're going to study
this together. Um. The NFL's executive vice president of Communications, Joe Lockhart says, we look forward to working with the Players Association on all issues involving the health of safety of our players and have offered to formally study the effects of marijuana together as a joint venture. I think this is a big step. Okay, But that letter doesn't change the fact that you still get a suspension of four games if you have positive tests, you know, and a lot of other things. I do think it's a
step in the right direction. This is something to watch, as you know, here in the Fantasy Freestyle, not only do we drop stats over beats, but we do talk about some of these issues that we go deep behind the curtain on. So that's something I wanted to keep
on the radar. Also, I read today an article by by Eugene Monroe, who used to be an offensive lineman, uh most notably with the Baltimore Ravens, on the Players Tribute and remember where like these guys you know, right in the first person, And it was a very impassioned piece about how he retired a year ago but still the lingering effects of his career, and I think it's very interesting. I'm definitely gonna go a little bit into that next week.