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[RuthlessBurgher]

Le’Veon Bell not at Jets voluntary minicamp

Posted by Josh Alper on April 23, 2019, 10:30 AM EDT

Running back Le'Veon Bell never reported to the Steelers after being given the franchise tag last season and sat out the year before signing with the Jets as a free agent last month.

Getting the long-term deal he was looking for while still in Pittsburgh hasn’t led him to perfect attendance at offseason work this time around. The Jets started a three-day minicamp on Tuesday morning and multiple reporters on hand sent word that Bell was not on the field with the rest of the team.

Attendance at the minicamp is voluntary, so there’s no requirement that Bell be with the team right now. There’s also no word about whether he’ll be missing the entire week of work or if Tuesday’s absence is a one-day thing.

Head coach Adam Gase and General Manager Mike Maccagnan are both scheduled to speak to reporters later in the day and they may shed light on that question during their time with the media.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/23/leveon-bell-not-at-jets-voluntary-minicamp/

[SteelBucks]

Le’Veon Bell not at Jets voluntary minicamp

Posted by Josh Alper on April 23, 2019, 10:30 AM EDT

Running back Le'Veon Bell never reported to the Steelers after being given the franchise tag last season and sat out the year before signing with the Jets as a free agent last month.

Getting the long-term deal he was looking for while still in Pittsburgh hasn’t led him to perfect attendance at offseason work this time around. The Jets started a three-day minicamp on Tuesday morning and multiple reporters on hand sent word that Bell was not on the field with the rest of the team.

Attendance at the minicamp is voluntary, so there’s no requirement that Bell be with the team right now. There’s also no word about whether he’ll be missing the entire week of work or if Tuesday’s absence is a one-day thing.

Head coach Adam Gase and General Manager Mike Maccagnan are both scheduled to speak to reporters later in the day and they may shed light on that question during their time with the media.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/23/leveon-bell-not-at-jets-voluntary-minicamp/

I see Bell is making a good impression! Or getting them ready for what’s to come in future seasons.

[Oh wow]

The old voluntary camp that’s supposedly mandatory report.

[Ernie]

he got his guaranteed $$$...

[Northern_Blitz]

Le’Veon Bell not at Jets voluntary minicamp

Posted by Josh Alper on April 23, 2019, 10:30 AM EDT

Running back Le'Veon Bell never reported to the Steelers after being given the franchise tag last season and sat out the year before signing with the Jets as a free agent last month.

Getting the long-term deal he was looking for while still in Pittsburgh hasn’t led him to perfect attendance at offseason work this time around. The Jets started a three-day minicamp on Tuesday morning and multiple reporters on hand sent word that Bell was not on the field with the rest of the team.

Attendance at the minicamp is voluntary, so there’s no requirement that Bell be with the team right now. There’s also no word about whether he’ll be missing the entire week of work or if Tuesday’s absence is a one-day thing.

Head coach Adam Gase and General Manager Mike Maccagnan are both scheduled to speak to reporters later in the day and they may shed light on that question during their time with the media.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/23/leveon-bell-not-at-jets-voluntary-minicamp/

Can the league do random drug tests at voluntary minicamps? /sarcasm

[RuthlessBurgher]

The old voluntary camp that’s supposedly mandatory report.

Marijuana policy for “voluntary” workouts could be a fair trade

Posted by Mike Florio on April 21, 2019, 1:52 PM EDT

The NFL has a ban on marijuana around most players successfully navigate. The NFL also has voluntary offseason workouts in which most players choose to participate. Those two concepts could provide the basis for a fair and sensible tradeoff in the next labor deal.

The swap would be simple: The prohibition on marijuana use ends, and the “voluntary” offseason workouts become fully or mostly mandatory. It’s a win-win that removes from the sport a pair of currently nonsensical policies that are widely ignored.

Players smoke marijuana, and the smart ones know how to legitimately beat the once-per-year testing process. Players also show up for voluntary offseason workouts, in such numbers that the exceptions generate significant attention and, in some cities, scorn.

It’s an easy trade, with a couple of meaningless and irrelevant policies going away for good, giving each side something to give up, even though neither side is really giving up all that much.

As PFT reported earlier this year, the NFL wants to get away from policing marijuana use by players. If the league is looking for something in return — and if the players are willing to give up anything — voluntary workouts that are voluntary in name only make the most sense.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/04/21/marijuana-policy-for-voluntary-workouts-could-be-a-fair-trade/