Hall of Fail: JaMarcus Russell Gets Cut By Raiders, and Decides to Start “Sippin on some Syrup”!

Posted by By Sports Session at 6 July, at 06 : 30 AM Print

This is the first time we have a multiple inductee into the Hall of Fail, but unfortunately former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell likes getting awards from us.  Russell’s first induction was for not attending a team meeting, so he could hang out in a suite in Las Vegas for some unknown reason.  This time the situation is a bit more serious, Russell was arrested at his home in Alabama on Monday by police.

They are charging him with possession of a controlled substance, which turned out to be Codeine Syrup.  For those who do not know what Codeine Syrup is, well it is basically a liquid form of cough syrup that are a bit stronger than what you can get over the counter.  So much that Codeine Syrup is only given out with a prescription which is something that Russell lacked in this case.

To further elaborate on what this is all about, Codeine Syrup has been abused as a recreational drug for several years.  It is the main ingredient coupled with Promethazine used to make a concoction known as “drank”, “syrup”, or “Texas Tea to name a few.  Looking on a few websites it is typically mixed with ingredients like 7UP soda, and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy all placed in a signature white Styrofoam cup.  It has been a fairly common thing in the Hip-Hip community with at least one rapper dying from abusing “syrup”, and top rapper Lil Wayne is known for always walking around with a white Styrofoam cup.

It is not obvious that this abuse of Codeine has seeped into sports, Terrence Kiel a San Diego Chargers players was arrested for trying to ship a case of prescription cough syrup to a friend via Fedex.  Johnny Jolly a player for the Green Bay Packers was pulled over by police, who found to cups with the “syrup” mixed in them.  This obviously is happening more than people may think, and while people focus on steroids they forget about these other harmful drugs.

Now back to Russell this could not come at a worse time for him, he was recently cut from the Oakland Raiders who paid him a total of $36.4 million which we can be sure was not managed well.  He was struggling to get on with another team as the list of possible suitors was relatively small, and now if you add what seems to be drug abuse to his resume then why would any team touch him?

We all know Russell is no Tom Brady, and he is just a raw talent in need of development at this point.  Any chance he had to get on a team was because of his ability to throw the ball 65 yards, and the fact that he had not gotten into any trouble since he has been in the NFL.  Now that he has this arrest looming, which was part of an undercover sting operation who knows when and if Russell will ever see the field again.

Most people would be happy to take $36 million dollars for doing their job poorly for three years, so Russell should be thankful for guaranteed contract money.  To go from first round draft pick to draft bust arrested for “sippin on some syrup” in three years, gives Russell yet another award from the Hall of Fail.  JaMarcus welcome to the Hall (again)!

Check out the video below to a rap song dedicated to the practice of drinking syrup.

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