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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.
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. Burfict given longest ever ban in NFL ...
This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL).
Deshaun Watson will serve an 11-game suspension and pay a $5 million fine for multiple violations of the league’s personal conduct policy in what amounts to one of the most significant penalties ...
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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Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...