We learned yesterday that embattled Vikings wideout Michael Floyd tested positive for alcohol during his house arrest, which could lead to jail time. Later, the player’s agent released a statement defending his client (via ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter on Facebook):
“Michael Floyd started his 96-day home monitoring on March 13, 2017. During this time period, Michael was tested a minimum of six times per day. For the first 90 days, Michael’s blood alcohol content was 0.0 for all of his 500 plus tests.
On June 10, 2017, Michael watched movies at his place of residence until 3:00 a.m. During that time, he drank several bottles of kombucha tea drinks, unaware that the drinks contain alcohol.
On June 11, 2017 at 5:30 a.m., Michael was tested and his blood alcohol content was .055. Michael was tested again at 5:54 a.m. and his blood alcohol content was down to .045. Michael was tested again at 6:23 a.m. and his blood alcohol content was .044. He then went back to sleep and missed a test at 6:33 a.m.
Michael was five days away from the end of his home monitoring. Prior to and after this incident, Michael has not had any alcohol whatsoever since the start of his home monitoring. Unfortunately, the kombucha teas that Michael did drink resulted in a positive blood alcohol content reading. As a result, the Court wishes to hear from Michael on June 26. At that time, Michael will have an opportunity to explain how this unfortunate test result happened.”
Floyd was originally supposed to have an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet, but he agreed to random breathe tests in order to have the device removed. Between the 11th and 12th of June, these tests came up positive for alcohol five separate times, with three of those occasions being categorized as “high alcohol tests.” Of course, this stems from Floyd’s arrest last year for a “super extreme DUI” in Arizona.
After having compiled at least 800 receiving yards over the previous three seasons, Floyd took a noticeable step back in 2016. The wideout hauled in 37 receptions for 488 yards and five touchdowns. His one-year deal with Minnesota doesn’t contain any guaranteed money, so the organization can easily cut bait with Floyd if he receives further punishment.
Unfortunately as much as I want to believe him, I don’t. In the quote by his agent saying that the drinks he likes to drink caused the positive test. If he likes to drink them why didn’t they cause a positive test before(assuming that he wasn’t having them for the first time that night). Also he was 5 days away from not being tested anymore couldn’t he have just waited those five days before trying to drink? I hope that I am wrong but I just have a gut feeling that I am not.
I hope he’s telling the truth too but what you’re saying seems right
If he finished drinking at 3 AM and blew a .055 at 5:30 AM, he sure a hell wasn’t sipping on hipster tea.
Biggest bunch of bullshit excuses. Clearly this guy needs to enter some sort of rehab and take responsibility for himself.
Damn. That testing period seems a bit rigorous, no? I mean obviously if millions of dollars depended on it as well as my freedom i would find a way to abstain but damn. 6 tests a day seems like overkill
Some people think that not drinking for 96 days doesn’t sound that exceedingly difficult
Given that it’s just about physiologically impossible for him to have consumed enough kombucha tea to get up to .055… I’d say more likely the story is he was drinking and his agent googled an excuse for him.
Even if any of these ridiculous stories he and his agent are putting forth are true, how does he NOT know that there is alcohol in Kombucha tea? If I’m on house arrest and under strict orders not to consume ANY alcohol, I’m going to be really, really, really sure that I know the ingredients of anything I consume. Minnesota should have released him 12 hours ago just for being so dumb, and for treating all of us as if we are dumber than he is.
He either needs help for addiction or he’s just a little too arrogant and needs to find out what a year-long suspension feels like.
I won’t jump on him because I don’t know if he needs help and is unable to ask for it. Therefore I won’t assume that it’s an easy thing to ask for, not to mention admit that there’s something wrong.