The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have launched edge rusher Randy Gregory after he didn’t report back to coaching camp.
Coach Todd Bowles stated Sunday that the crew minimize Gregory after he had been placed on the reserve/didn’t report record on July 23 for not displaying as much as camp. Bowles stated he by no means discovered why Gregory skipped camp.
“No, I by no means discovered,” he stated. “I want him one of the best. We’ll transfer on from there. You’ll be able to’t miss what you by no means had.”
The 31-year-old Gregory, who’s additionally performed for the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, signed a one-year, $3 million contract in free company. Nevertheless, he didn’t take part within the Bucs’ voluntary offseason program or attend the crew’s obligatory minicamp this summer season.
Gregory filed a lawsuit towards the NFL and the Broncos in June claiming discrimination over being fined $532,500 for taking medicine containing THC for disabilities throughout his transient time in Denver.
Within the criticism, Gregory stated he was prescribed Dronabinol for social anxiousness and post-traumatic stress problems however was denied lodging to deal with these disabilities with that medication.
The NFL now not suspends gamers who check optimistic for THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical chargeable for most of marijuana’s psychological results, nevertheless it stays among the many league’s banned substances. Gamers who check optimistic are topic to fines.
The Broncos are named within the lawsuit though groups haven’t any function within the fining of gamers who violate the league’s drug insurance policies. The NFL and NFLPA’s substances of abuse coverage is collectively bargained and administered by a collectively appointed third-party medical skilled.
Gregory has been fined $532,500 for repeated optimistic THC checks since March 2023, in accordance with the criticism. The lawsuit contends the league’s and membership’s resistance to offering Gregory lodging attributable to his disabilities is discriminatory beneath Colorado regulation.
Gregory was a second-round draft choose of the Cowboys in 2015. He performed 5 seasons with Dallas, the place he was suspended quite a few instances for violating the NFL’s drug insurance policies. He signed with Denver in 2022 however missed most of that season with a knee harm. He break up the 2023 season between the Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, who acquired him in a commerce in October.
Gregory has appeared in 72 video games over seven NFL seasons. Along with 22 profession sacks, he has 27 tackles for loss and 69 quarterback hits.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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