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Sources: Goodell bars Pacman from Titans camp
ESPN.com news services
Updated: July 26, 2007, 10:08 AM ET
Commissioner Roger Goodell has decided that cornerback Pacman Jones will not be allowed to participate in the Tennessee Titans' training camp, which opens Friday, NFL sources tell ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
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Jones' representatives had stated recently that they believed after Jones decided not to appeal his year-long NFL suspension that he would be able to participate in training camp but not play in any Titans preseason games.
However, Goodell maintained all along that he had yet to decide on whether to allow Jones to be in camp. Now, according to league sources, Goodell has decided against allowing Jones to participate in camp.
Jones and two other defendants will appear in a Las Vegas court for a preliminary hearing Oct. 29 to face charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting, authorities said last week. Jones remains free on bail; all three intend to plead not guilty, their lawyer, Robert Langford, said last week.
No one has been charged in the shooting, which occurred outside the club minutes after the brawl inside. A bar bouncer was paralyzed and two other people were left with less serious wounds at the club several blocks off the Las Vegas Strip.
Jones faces two felony charges of coercion stemming from allegations he threatened to kill club employees and that he bit a bar bouncer in the melee during the NBA All-Star Game weekend in February. Jones faces a maximum of 12 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
He has been suspended for the upcoming NFL season for disciplinary reasons, including six arrests and allegations of misconduct in jurisdictions around the country. He has not been convicted in those cases.
Information from The Associated Press
ESPN.com news services
Updated: July 26, 2007, 10:08 AM ET
Commissioner Roger Goodell has decided that cornerback Pacman Jones will not be allowed to participate in the Tennessee Titans' training camp, which opens Friday, NFL sources tell ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Jones' representatives had stated recently that they believed after Jones decided not to appeal his year-long NFL suspension that he would be able to participate in training camp but not play in any Titans preseason games.
However, Goodell maintained all along that he had yet to decide on whether to allow Jones to be in camp. Now, according to league sources, Goodell has decided against allowing Jones to participate in camp.
Jones and two other defendants will appear in a Las Vegas court for a preliminary hearing Oct. 29 to face charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting, authorities said last week. Jones remains free on bail; all three intend to plead not guilty, their lawyer, Robert Langford, said last week.
No one has been charged in the shooting, which occurred outside the club minutes after the brawl inside. A bar bouncer was paralyzed and two other people were left with less serious wounds at the club several blocks off the Las Vegas Strip.
Jones faces two felony charges of coercion stemming from allegations he threatened to kill club employees and that he bit a bar bouncer in the melee during the NBA All-Star Game weekend in February. Jones faces a maximum of 12 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
He has been suspended for the upcoming NFL season for disciplinary reasons, including six arrests and allegations of misconduct in jurisdictions around the country. He has not been convicted in those cases.
Information from The Associated Press
