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Most NFL suspensions have been for players, but several coaches, owners, general managers, and game officials have also been suspended. In 1997, in the wake of the O. J. Simpson murder trial , the league under Commissioner Paul Tagliabue adopted a Violent Crime Policy which gave the league broad powers to fine and suspend players for violent ...
This became the longest suspension for on-field misconduct in modern NFL history, more than doubling the five-game suspension mandated to Albert Haynesworth in 2006. [119] Burfict appealed his suspension, but on October 9, the suspension was upheld.
The American Professional Football Association is formed on September 17, 1920, at Canton, Ohio, with Jim Thorpe elected president. [1] The fourteen teams were mainly drawn from the Ohio League, Chicago Circuit, New York Pro Football League and other teams from the lower midwest.
Oakland Raiders’ Vontaze Burfict has been suspended for the remainder of the season after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight-end Jack Doyle.
NFL designee Peter C. Harvey was set to rule on the case after the league appealed Watson's initial six-game suspension, but the two sides were able to come to an agreement beforehand.
Garrett's suspension was the second-longest suspension in NFL history for on-field misconduct, and the longest for a single in-game incident. (Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict was suspended for 12 games in 2019 due to a history of violations of player safety rules.) [74]
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All 32 active NFL teams have qualified for the playoffs and won at least one playoff game in their history. Of the 12 teams that have never won the Super Bowl, the seven who predate the institution of the game (the Cardinals , Lions , Oilers/Titans , Chargers , Browns , Bills , and Vikings ) had all won an NFL or AFL championship prior to the ...