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I just saw it on Cold Pizza.
Chris Henry was suspended 8 games.
This is such ing bull , this pisses me off so much
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/10119161
NFL suspends Pacman Jones and Bengals' Henry
April 10, 2007) -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has informed Adam Jones of the Tennessee ans and Chris Henry of the Cincinnati Bengals that they have been suspended without pay for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy and engaging in conduct detrimental to the league on numerous occasions, the NFL announced today.
Jones was suspended for the 2007 season, while Henry was suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 regular season. Each player must earn the right to be reinstated.
"We must protect the integrity of the NFL," Commissioner Goodell said. "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, Commissioner 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."
Jones will be strictly monitored by the ans and the NFL during the suspension as part of his opportunity to earn reinstatement through adherence to a set of conditions. His status will be reviewed after the ans' 10th regular-season game to determine the extent to which he has complied with the conditions and whether the suspension should be affected by the disposition of any pending or prospective charges.
The specific conditions that apply to Jones' suspension include the following:
He must have no further adverse involvement with law enforcement.
He must fully cooperate with all required counseling, education, and treatment assigned under league or court-ordered programs.
He must adhere to the restrictions on his activities that have been agreed to by he and the ans.
He may not be at the ans' facility through May 31 and may not participate in any practices or organized workouts during the term of the suspension. Beginning June 1, he must visit the team facility once each week to meet with the team's player development director. Also, beginning June 1, he is permitted to spend one day a week at the team facility for conditioning, film study, and other similar activities.
In conjunction with the team's player development director and other professionals working with him, Jones must develop with the ans a structured program of community service or other activity. This program must be submitted to the league office for review and approval.
Henry will be reinstated after the Bengals' eighth regular-season game if he meets certain conditions during his suspension that will be monitored closely by the Bengals and the NFL. Those conditions include the following:
He must have no further adverse involvement with law enforcement.
He must fully cooperate with all required counseling, education, and treatment assigned to him under league programs.
He is eligible to be at the Bengals' facilities during the rest of the offseason for customary activities and he must meet weekly with the team's player development director.
If he fully complies with all other conditions, he may participate in the Bengals' training camp and preseason games.
During the regular season, he is permitted to be at the Bengals' facility for team meetings and must meet weekly with the team's player development director, but he may not attend or participate in practice.
He must fully comply with all conditions imposed on him by any court, including requirements of community service.
Jones and Henry were told that any failure to comply with these conditions will result in additional discipline, including possible banishment from the league.
"I must emphasize to you that this is your last opportunity to salvage your NFL career," Commissioner Goodell wrote to Jones and Henry. "I urge you to take full advantage of the resources available to support you in that effort."
Last edited by Taco; 04-10-2007 at 12:19 PM.
I just saw it on Cold Pizza.
Chris Henry was suspended 8 games.
This is such ing bull , this pisses me off so much
Updated: April 10, 2007, 1:11 PM ET
Goodell suspends Pacman, Henry for arrestsESPN.com news services
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell handed out the first suspensions under his discipline policy, banning Adam "Pacman" Jones for the entire 2007 season and Chris Henry for eight regular-season games.
The two players are suspended without pay for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy and engaging in conduct detrimental to the league on numerous occasions, the NFL announced.
After they serve their suspensions, each player must apply for reinstatement.
"We must protect the integrity of the NFL," Goodell said. "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."
Pac-Man gotted f-ed in the b. Hasnt been convicted of anything, just trying to make an example of him
But has he not brought negative publicity on the league with his reported (and in some cases, admitted) actions?
He has, but to only suspend Henry for half of the year is what really pisses me off. He has been in the news just as much if not more so. I love the NFL, and I realize that he cant keep putting it in the news, but this is America, and he hasnt been convicted of one crime, and most of the crimes that have come against him have been dropped. What if his other charges get dropped, and he turns out to have no charges against him. Henry has already served time! He will fight this, and I am not sure if he will win, but he might.
Well, IIRC, Pacman can come back after ten games (weeks?) if certain conditions are met.
Anyway, since it got so little response the last time, I'm posting this again.
http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/conten...A32C2F9BA3125A
I didnt know that and that vid ruines my childhood playing that game at Pizza Hut
I didnt know that and that vid ruines my childhood playing that game at Pizza Hut
Playing football in the NFL is not a God-given right, it's a privilege.
You're talking about a very exclusive club here.
And the NFL can damn sure reserve the right to suspend any player(s) who's conduct is detrimental to the league and/or violates the league's personal conduct policy.
If these thugs dont like it, let 'em go get a real job then.
sucks incredibly for the ans. what do they do for the season at CB? they'll have him back for 2008, but they cant go around with atheir best corner missing. This sounds incredibly lame, but he has the skill set to be as good as, if not better than, peole like Champ Bailey and Nate Clements, but he has made the worst decisons about who to hang around with. the ans are screwed royally.
The suspensions are a message to the players -- to be sure -- but they also send messages to the teams themselves. There is now a consequence attached to drafting guys who might have character issues if the team isn't proactive enough to keep those players in line. If you want to waste a high draft pick on a guy whose off-field activities might be criminal and you don't do enough to straighten those cats out, you will have wasted your pick.
I think the Commissioner did the right thing -- he's saying to these players that they will no longer get free passes because they happen to be good football players. Because they didn't have the desire or the discipline to control themselves, they are now being held professionally (and financially) accountable for their actions. It's about damned time that someone sent them that message. And I don't think it stops with Pacman or Henry; any player who chooses to repeatedly engage in activities that put himself, his team, or the league in a bad light (whehter convicted of crimes for those actions or not) is going to have a price to pay for that immaturity.
Kudos to the Commissioner. This is a fantastic move all the way around.
^^^^yes
Good thing they signed Nick Harper huh?
There is no way Pac deserved a longer suspension than Henry. I hope he fights it and I hope he wins
Henry's actions didn't lead to somebody's death and paralysis.
That's ridiculous. There's a marked difference in Pacman's past and Henry's past.
From ESPN, a list of Pacman's transgressions:
Henry, by contrast, has 4 highly-publicized incidents. None of those are excusable -- as the suspension makes clear. But the fact that there are many fewer incidents than are on Pacman's resume and the fact that none of Henry's incidents (IIRC) involve violence against other people is probably a justifiable basis to give him a bit more leeway. I think Henry's involve things like DUI and furnishing alcohol to minors. That there are so many of them in such a short period of time certainly justifies a heavy-handed punishment. But I'm not sure that Henry's quite to the level of off-field nonsense that Pacman has attained.
Nobody died from any of Pacs off field ups
You know that most of the things you listed were dismissed right?
His criminal liablity for these actions is not the issue.
The undeniable fact that there are at least 10 incidents that may have involved criminal or de able conduct is.
Frankly, the NFL doesn't have to afford him any due process whatsoever. It could decide to banish him from the league for just about any reason.
But deciding that the league is fed up with his repeated involvement in thuggish antics -- and his immaturity in continuing to hang around those who engage in thuggish behavior -- strikes me as more than sufficient cause to run a guy out of the league.
The league is tired of Pacman's bull . The Commissioner has now made that abundantly clear. It's up to Pacman to straighten himself out; if he doesn't, he'll never play in the NFL again -- and rightly so.
Pacman is a better person than Peyton Manning so he too should be suspended. Torturing millions with re ed commercials, jesus ing christ. Rascist bas s NFL.
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Well said.Playing football in the NFL is not a God-given right, it's a privilege.
You're talking about a very exclusive club here.
And the NFL can damn sure reserve the right to suspend any player(s) who's conduct is detrimental to the league and/or violates the league's personal conduct policy.
If these thugs dont like it, let 'em go get a real job then.
He can fight it till he's blue in the face and it won't make a bit of difference.
And don't think the NFLPA is going to back his ass up either. Gene Upshaw and Goodell have met with players in Feb and again last week and all agreed the league needed a stronger disciplinary policy.
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