My friend, a diehard dolphins fan, told me that while the NFL couldn’t stop Ricky from playing in the CFL this year it would mean he could never play in the NFL again. The reasoning for this seemed to be he was suspended from pro football for a year, not just the NFL, and this was in the CBA. Since the NFL does give some money and whatnot to the CFL I can see the NFL having the power to stop Ricky from playing in the CFL. However, according to this story the Argos have added him to an exclusive, limited negotiating list. While the CFL isn’t the richest or best run league around it would seem to me that they would know what they can and can’t do in regards to suspended NFL Players, so I called BS. However neither one of us can really prove the other wrong. He says the CFL may not know whats in the new CBA, I say the CFL knows better then us 2 schmoes.
So whats the dope on Ricky? Can he play this year in the CFL and next year in the NFL? What does the CBA have to say about the playing rights, present and future, of suspended players?