Reid, the second major player to sue the league for Colin Kaepernick-style collusion, has found a team to play for this season, the Carolina Panthers.
That's the GOOD NEWS.
The BAD NEWS is... Well, look for yourself:
Number 7... ”Random” pic.twitter.com/6HkxXCZhQP— Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) December 18, 2018
Yep. Reid's SEVENTH random drug test of the year.
And, in fact, it's his third since Thanksgiving, according to reports. And he has only been on the Panthers part of this season (since Week 4).
Meaning, in 11 league weeks, he's been subject to SEVEN drug tests.
According to a Yahoo! article on the subject, the league selects ten players at random from the pool of all eligible players (roster, practice squad, probably IR and other injury-related as well) each week for the tests.
According to the same article, the Panthers have 72 such players in their employ. Meaning that, on an average week, the odds of being tested one time would be 10/72.
The article used what is called a "Cumulative Binomial Probability Indicator" to determine the chance Reid would have of being tested this often. It's a complicated mathematical formula, based on roughly the chance of seven out of eleven situations turning out "successful" when the probability for "success" is 10/72.
The probability that calculation returns for at least 7 tests (what is called "P(x>=7)") is 0.00019630.
Or about .01963%.
About one chance in FIVE THOUSAND.
Now, what the league COULD DO if this does get added to the list of legal complaints Reid has is say that the probability would infer that this kind of ridiculousness would actually then happen about once every three years (72 players X 32 teams to start with).
Stay tuned. There is still at least one more drug test he could get.
Stupidest part of this: He's (obviously!!!!) passed the first six!
Even if he passes them, I wonder if his career will still be over.
ReplyDeleteHe's done. I think that's clear.
ReplyDeleteHe just got fined for the fourth time this year on a "late hit" which may not have been a hit -- if it was, I'd fine it, it was clearly late and should've been 15 if it was anything.
But seven drug tests and four fines in 11 weeks.... Yeah, tell me again...
This shits so blatantly rigged at this point I have noticed them testing the waters in recent years to see how blatant they could make it without the public at large catching on(and giving players sticky gloves for those cool one handed catches that everyone can do now) but still the publicis asleep. If the entire sugar industry bought off the ADA and FDA by the 70s do you really think your favorite billion dollar sport isnt corrupt??
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