NFL suspends three players for a year

[JonCJG]

NFL GIVES THREE PLAYERS ONE-YEAR SUSPENSIONS

Posted by Michael David Smith on June 12, 2008, 4:25 p.m.

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the NFL today handed down one-year suspensions to three players.

According to the reports, former Tennessee Titans linebacker Rob Reynolds, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Lionel Gates and former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Chris Terry were all suspended for a year. All were free agents not under contract to any team.

Reynolds is best known to college football fans for committing one of the most heinous personal fouls in history when he was at Ohio State. In the middle of a pileup, Reynolds choked then-Wisconsin quarterback Jim Sorgi, injuring Sorgi’s trachea. Ohio State suspended Reynolds for one game. More recently, Reynolds was charged in a domestic incident involving his ex-wife.

Terry McCormick of the Nashville City Paper reports that Reynolds’ one-year suspension is a result of a violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy. Reynolds’ agent indicated that Reynolds will retire.

ESPN.com reports that Terry was also suspended for a violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy. Terry played 11 games for the Chiefs last year, starting eight, before he was cut in December. He was previously suspended in 2003 for violating the substance abuse policy and for an incident with his wife.

Gates was charged last year with battery on a pregnant woman. He played one game for the Bucs in 2007. It is not known the specific reason for his suspension.

 

[DallasEast]

All were free agents not under contract to any team.

How convenient.

 

[sago1]

Wow that's really coming down on football players who don't behave themselves. Atta boy Goodall, keep up the good work. Now about those Patriots......and the leaking of TO info to ESPN.....

 

[iceberg]

How convenient.

man, i hope they can get over that blow!

 

[dargonking999]

Great we're suspending players who aren't contracted by the NFL, and on top of that, no one even knows!!!!!

Great Work Goodell. Clean up the leauge.

 

[diamond cutter]

NFL GIVES THREE PLAYERS ONE-YEAR SUSPENSIONS

Posted by Michael David Smith on June 12, 2008, 4:25 p.m.

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the NFL today handed down one-year suspensions to three players.

According to the reports, former Tennessee Titans linebacker Rob Reynolds, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Lionel Gates and former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Chris Terry were all suspended for a year. All were free agents not under contract to any team.

Reynolds is best known to college football fans for committing one of the most heinous personal fouls in history when he was at Ohio State. In the middle of a pileup, Reynolds choked then-Wisconsin quarterback Jim Sorgi, injuring Sorgi’s trachea. Ohio State suspended Reynolds for one game. More recently, Reynolds was charged in a domestic incident involving his ex-wife.
Terry McCormick of the Nashville City Paper reports that Reynolds’ one-year suspension is a result of a violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy. Reynolds’ agent indicated that Reynolds will retire.

ESPN.com reports that Terry was also suspended for a violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy. Terry played 11 games for the Chiefs last year, starting eight, before he was cut in December. He was previously suspended in 2003 for violating the substance abuse policy and for an incident with his wife.

Gates was charged last year with battery on a pregnant woman. He played one game for the Bucs in 2007. It is not known the specific reason for his suspension.

I remember seeing this "highlight," a few years ago. I still cannot believe he only had a 1 game suspension from that. Reynolds seems like a real piece of work.

 

[SDogo]

All 3 seem to have an issue with beating on women..........yeah, good riddance.

 

[Hoofbite]

I was thinking Thurman when I saw just the title but soon realized that it said for a year instead of life.

 

[Disturbed]

This article is so ridiculous I thought it must be from "The Onion" or some other sarcastic and funny website. Is this real? Has Goodall fallen and hit his head?

 

[J-DOG]

Wow, that Goodell is really laying down the law!
To bad he is so soft against the PATS.
Former players report that the pats were having IR guys practicing during the year and he sweeps it under the rug by saying he is not going to punish the patriots.
Why???? That what I want to know.
To me that is a bigger crime then taping signals.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

If they're not under contract, does that mean that they will start serving the suspensions now or after the unlikely event that some team signs them?

 

[tnbk]

Wow, that Goodell is really laying down the law!
To bad he is so soft against the PATS.
Former players report that the pats were having IR guys practicing during the year and he sweeps it under the rug by saying he is not going to punish the patriots.
Why???? That what I want to know.
To me that is a bigger crime then taping signals.

Hey, where was that reported.....I don't doubt you but have been out of the loop in training for three days.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

No Cowboys--thanks

 

[JackMagist]

With a year suspension hanging over them no team is going to sign them now and they are likely to never see the field in the NFL again. It's three thugs out of the league for good and that's good riddance IMO.

As for the crap about the Pats...It's all in the past and the Pats were punished for cheating to the tune of a first round pick and Belicheat was punished to the tune of half a million dollars. Goodell will let it stand at that unless some NEW cheating is discovered...something that happened after the fines etc. I'm not saying it's right but that appears to be the way it will be.

If something new comes up it will be interesting to see what Goodell does about it. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to be something drastic like a long suspension.

 

[Cowboys2008]

All 3 seem to have an issue with beating on women..........yeah, good riddance.

If that's the angle...then why haven't half the Green Bay Packers been suspended? There are women still lying on the backsides of couches.

 

[coach316]

Bashing Goodell for the suspension of these players shows nothing but ignorance.

These players were busted for violation of the substance abuse policy, which has been in place for years. See Ricky Williams. If Tags was still the commissioner it would have been HE who suspended the players. They would have been suspended regardless of who the commissioner is.

 

[Doomsday101]

Bashing Goodell for the suspension of these players shows nothing but ignorance.

These players were busted for violation of the substance abuse policy, which has been in place for years. See Ricky Williams. If Tags was still the commissioner it would have been HE who suspended the players. They would have been suspended regardless of who the commissioner is.

I agree. The fact they were suspended also shows they were already in the NFL substance abuse program and were still members in the NFL.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

It's just another reason for fans, who are silly enough to believe that Goodell is a Cowboys hater and only wants to really hurt certain teams, to bash him over nothing. If it weren't for the hatred of him by certain fans this post wouldn't even be shown because this probably happens every year where some no one gets suspended for a year, and no one even knows, except now that it's a commish that they can't wait to whine about it's brought up as quickly as possible.