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Steelers’ Bell Owns Up to His “Mistake”

by Steeldad

Pittsburgh Steelers’ All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell spoke publicly for the first time this week about his three-game suspension for marijuana use. He sat down with ESPN’s Josina Anderson and admitted to making a “mistake.”

“I made a mistake. I’m going to just have to do my time, whatever the final decision may be,” he said. “Get past it, and get ready for next season and continuing to be the great football player I know I can be.”

When asked about marijuana in general Bell said, “Marijuana is not an important thing for me,” he said. “It’s something I easily can set by. If I wanted to do it later on down my life, I’ll enjoy it later on. It’s something that got me in trouble. Football is what I love. I love the game of football and nothing will come to jeopardize that.”

There are many feelings we all as individuals can have regarding the use of marijuana and the legalization of it. The fact of the matter is that regardless of our feelings, the use of it is banned by the National Football League.

There’s little I or you or Bell can do about that fact. The bottom line is that Bell knew the rules and he violated them. We can talk until the cows come home about whether his penalty is too severe compared to penalties for other players for seemingly worse things.

But we also have to understand that the League is in the midst of a complete overhaul in regards to its’ personal conduct policy. I believe that Bell’s suspension will ultimately get reduced to two games and it should, but at the very least, he’s owning his mistake.

It sure would be nice if a certain quarterback in New England would do the same.

Quotes courtesy espn.go.com

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