NFL Suspensions dished out

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Updated: April 11, 2007, 12:40 PM ET
Goodell suspends Pacman, Henry for multiple arrestsESPN.com news services

Adam "Pacman" Jones of Tennessee was suspended Tuesday for the 2007 NFL season and Chris Henry of Cincinnati received an eight-game suspension -- both for numerous violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.

The two players are suspended without pay, the NFL announced. Jones will lose $1,292,500 -- his 2007 base salary -- as a result of the suspension. Henry will lose $204,705.88 in salary if the Bengals' bye week comes after Week 8. He will lose $230,294.12 if the Bengals' bye week falls in the first eight weeks of the season, meaning he will miss nine weeks of pay.

After they serve their suspensions, each player must apply for reinstatement.

"We must protect the integrity of the NFL," commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right. These players, and all members of our league, have to make the right choices and decisions in their conduct on a consistent basis."

In a letter to each player, Goodell wrote: "Your conduct has brought embarrassment and ridicule upon yourself, your club, and the NFL, and has damaged the reputation of players throughout the league. You have put in jeopardy an otherwise promising NFL career, and have risked both your own safety and the safety of others through your off-field actions. In each of these respects, you have engaged in conduct detrimental to the NFL and failed to live up to the standards expected of NFL players. Taken as a whole, this conduct warrants significant sanction."

The entire article can be viewed at: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2832015

[rchaze60]

bout time the NFL starts doing something the NBA and MLB should take a hint at this

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I think that it is about time that the NFL is tightening up on the off field conduct by it's players and coaches. Many of today's youth look up to their favorite athletes as role models. As a professional athlete, regardless of the sport, I feel they have the responsibility to conduct themselves in a way as to bring respect and honor to themselves, their teams and their leagues. They need to understand that being a pro athlete is not an open ended ticket to act like idiots and thugs.  ::rockon::

[Realtree]

bout time the NFL starts doing something the NBA and MLB should take a hint at this

I could not agree more Randy.