Nick Diaz fick tidigare 5 års avstängning av NSAC efter att han åkt fast för cannabis i dopningskontroll, vilket många anser är ett väl hårt straff eller helt och hållet fel.
Joe Shilling kan dock se några positiva saker med avstängningen och tror att Diaz kommer att tjäna på det hela i slutändan när han kommer tillbaka till oktogonen eftersom lång frånvaro.
Det här berättar Shilling, via ”MMAFighting”:
Overall, I think it’s good for Nick. He’s worth more money now. He’s even a bigger name now. A lot of people got behind him and the sport is gonna change. Somebody is gonna get in there and clean house, so to speak, with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Ultimately, it’s going to be a good thing. It’s just really ridiculous and insulting that they did it to Nick Diaz.
The amount of people and celebrities who have come out for him — there’s a White House f*ckin’ petition with [almost] 100,000 f*ckin’ signatures on it. That is f*cking insane.
Overall, as a legacy of the sport, Nick Diaz is not gonna be known as the bad guy who failed the drug test. He’ll be the guy that changed the way they test for marijuana. It’s a ridiculous rule. Everybody on the planet knows marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug. For them to take $165,000 for him is asinine. It’s crazy. Then to say he can’t work for five years knowing it’s not a performance-enhancing drug, it’s ridiculous. Because of Nick and because of this situation, that will be changed and they’ll fix it. It’ll be one more thing in the sport, because Nick Diaz was a part of it.
I think it’s kind of like bittersweet. It’s really unfortunate and disappointing and annoying that it happened to Nick. But I think overall, it’s a good thing for the sport and it’s a good thing that all the people are making noise about it and supporting Nick. I have no doubt that very shortly the ruling will be overturned and Nick will be fighting again.
