<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Ricky Williams has agreed to a one-year contract for $240,000 to play for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts this season, ESPN.com's John Clayton has learned. Williams will not have an option with the team and will be able to return to the Dolphins next season. The Argonauts have called a 4:30 p.m. ET news conference to announce a "major signing."The Miami Herald, citing a source close to the Argos, had earlier reported that the Dolphins would allow Williams to play for Toronto s long as they have it in writing that he will be released at the end of the CFL season.The Argonauts secured Williams' CFL rights when the running back was suspended for a year by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The team's training camp starts Sunday, and the team opens its regular season June 16. The Dolphins had been reluctant to let Williams play in Canada due to the risk of injury, but apparently relented. Williams has three children and a fourth on the way and has reportedly earned $270,000 since December 2003, the Herald reported. He owes the Dolphins $8.6 million for breaching his contract when he retired in 2004."We want Ricky back on our team," Dolphins coach Nick Saban told the Herald earlier this month. "Ricky doesn't need to go to Canada to prove anything to us." But Saban also said the Dolphins would "give him the opportunity to do it if it's something that he needed to do or really wanted to do."Williams rushed for 743 yards and six touchdowns last season.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2461281</div>
Wow. I figured he would have no interest in playing for the CFL...guess he is taking the challange to prove himself.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 28 2006, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow. I figured he would have no interest in playing for the CFL...guess he is taking the challange to prove himself.</div>I have a different wow, I thought he wasn't going to be allowed to play because of the Dolphins as well as marijuana testing? Pretty cool though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Johnny White Guy @ May 28 2006, 10:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 28 2006, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow. I figured he would have no interest in playing for the CFL...guess he is taking the challange to prove himself.</div>I have a different wow, I thought he wasn't going to be allowed to play because of the Dolphins as well as marijuana testing? Pretty cool though.</div>Suspenions for the NFL dont have any effect over the CFL. The Dolphins reached an agreement with the Argonauts with it written in paper that he will be released after the CFL season, and im not sure if the CFL does have a drug testing policy at all.
I was referring to the post you made in this thread: http://nflcentral.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=4968<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Dolphins | R. Williams under tight guidelinesThu, 27 Apr 2006 17:00:49 -0700Jason Cole, of the Miami Herald, reports under the league's substance-abuse policy, Miami Dolphins RB Ricky Williams is not allowed to enter the team facility except to meet with a treating clinician. After the appointment is over, he must leave immediately. Furthermore, Williams is not allowed to play in any other professional football leagues, the Dolphins confirmed.</div>There went that rumor.</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Johnny White Guy @ May 28 2006, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I was referring to the post you made in this thread: http://nflcentral.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=4968<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Dolphins | R. Williams under tight guidelinesThu, 27 Apr 2006 17:00:49 -0700Jason Cole, of the Miami Herald, reports under the league's substance-abuse policy, Miami Dolphins RB Ricky Williams is not allowed to enter the team facility except to meet with a treating clinician. After the appointment is over, he must leave immediately. Furthermore, Williams is not allowed to play in any other professional football leagues, the Dolphins confirmed.</div>There went that rumor.</div></div>Yeah, I guess that wasnt fully correct. I guess they meant WITHOUT THE DOLPHINS PERMISSION. But they didnt specify that.
The Dolphins have to be feeling pretty awkward about this. He's staying in shape and playing football but there's such a high chance that he could get hurt. He's going to be a celebrity up there and he can get away with anyhting he wants basically.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ben2Ward4Six @ May 29 2006, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Dolphins have to be feeling pretty awkward about this. He's staying in shape and playing football but there's such a high chance that he could get hurt. He's going to be a celebrity up there and he can get away with anyhting he wants basically.</div>Would you rather have him 'studing holistic medicine' in africa?At least with the CFL you know hes staying out of trouble somewhat.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 30 2006, 12:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Would you rather have him 'studing holistic medicine' in africa?At least with the CFL you know hes staying out of trouble somewhat.</div>I agree, if the Dolphins still have him in their plans the CFL is the best place for him. He is going to dominate up there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMike23 @ May 30 2006, 04:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The NFL will still test him up tp 10 times a month.</div>They can't test you 10 times a month. They have set dates for every player, they can't just single you out because you've been caught for it before.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ May 30 2006, 12:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMike23 @ May 30 2006, 04:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The NFL will still test him up tp 10 times a month.</div>They can't test you 10 times a month. They have set dates for every player, they can't just single you out because you've been caught for it before.</div>Actually, thats exactly what they can do. It's written into the CBA that they are allowed to test players who have failed a drug test up to 10 times a month.
