ISiddiqui
05-21-2008, 12:38 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/wires/05/20/2020.ap.fbn.nfl.meetings.conduct.0410/index.html
ATLANTA (AP) -The NFL put more teeth in its personal conduct policy on Tuesday when commissioner Roger Goodell announced he would fine teams whose players were suspended for disciplinary reasons.
"We want to continue to emphasize personal conduct and personal responsibility,'' he said at the end of a one-day league meeting. "One way to do it is to hold teams responsible for the conduct of their players.
Goodell instituted a tougher policy during the 2006 season, his first as commissioner, after a series of arrests, nine alone affecting the Cincinnati Bengals.
Two Bengals, wide receiver Chris Henry and linebacker Odell Thurman, received lengthy suspensions - Thurman for two years. Both were cut by the team after being reinstated.
Goodell also said he would meet soon with another major offender, cornerback Adam "Pacman'' Jones, who was suspended for all of last season following a series of run-ins with the law. Jones was traded last month from Tennessee to Dallas and has petitioned for the right to work out with his new team, something he will need permission from the league to do.
ATLANTA (AP) -The NFL put more teeth in its personal conduct policy on Tuesday when commissioner Roger Goodell announced he would fine teams whose players were suspended for disciplinary reasons.
"We want to continue to emphasize personal conduct and personal responsibility,'' he said at the end of a one-day league meeting. "One way to do it is to hold teams responsible for the conduct of their players.
Goodell instituted a tougher policy during the 2006 season, his first as commissioner, after a series of arrests, nine alone affecting the Cincinnati Bengals.
Two Bengals, wide receiver Chris Henry and linebacker Odell Thurman, received lengthy suspensions - Thurman for two years. Both were cut by the team after being reinstated.
Goodell also said he would meet soon with another major offender, cornerback Adam "Pacman'' Jones, who was suspended for all of last season following a series of run-ins with the law. Jones was traded last month from Tennessee to Dallas and has petitioned for the right to work out with his new team, something he will need permission from the league to do.