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06-04-2007, 03:31 PM
une 4, 2007
NFL announces Tank Johnson suspension
By Larry Mayer
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The NFL on Monday gave Tank Johnson an eight-game suspension that can be reduced to six games based on the defensive tackle’s compliance.
Johnson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell May 16 in New York, three days after the defensive tackle was released from Cook County Jail, where he served 60 days for a probation violation. Johnson’s 120-day sentence was cut in half because of good behavior.
Goodell wanted to talk to Johnson face-to-face before deciding on the length of a suspension.
“I think the most important thing about my meeting with Mr. Goodell was for him to get to know my personality and in the process [for] me [to] get to understand his intentions,” Johnson said May 18 at Bears minicamp.
“I feel like he and I had a very, very good conversation and he got to know what type of man I am and some of my values, and I got to know his expectations and his direction he wants to take this league in.”
At the time, Johnson indicated that he would accept whatever punishment was meted out.
“Mr. Goodell has a tremendous responsibility to get this league in order,” Johnson said. “Not that it’s all lost, but he has a tremendous responsibility and whatever he decides to do, it’s in the best interest of the league.
“I feel like whatever sanction he imposes, I’m man enough to take it and I know that once I get back on the field, that chapter of my life is closed and I can move on with a sense of closure.”
Johnson was charged with six misdemeanor counts of possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owner’s Identification card last Dec. 14 after police served a search warrant on his home.
He was on probation at the time after having pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge that resulted after a nightclub valet alerted police about seeing a gun in Johnson’s car.
With an eight-game suspension, Johnson would be permitted to return for the Bears’ Nov. 11 contest against the Raiders in Oakland. A six-game suspension would end in time for the defensive tackle to face the Eagles Oct. 21 in Philadelphia.
The six games that Johnson is assured of missing are home contests against the Chiefs, Cowboys and Vikings and road games versus the Chargers, Lions and Packers.
http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=3492
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My man crush for Goodell continues to grow.
NFL announces Tank Johnson suspension
By Larry Mayer
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The NFL on Monday gave Tank Johnson an eight-game suspension that can be reduced to six games based on the defensive tackle’s compliance.
Johnson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell May 16 in New York, three days after the defensive tackle was released from Cook County Jail, where he served 60 days for a probation violation. Johnson’s 120-day sentence was cut in half because of good behavior.
Goodell wanted to talk to Johnson face-to-face before deciding on the length of a suspension.
“I think the most important thing about my meeting with Mr. Goodell was for him to get to know my personality and in the process [for] me [to] get to understand his intentions,” Johnson said May 18 at Bears minicamp.
“I feel like he and I had a very, very good conversation and he got to know what type of man I am and some of my values, and I got to know his expectations and his direction he wants to take this league in.”
At the time, Johnson indicated that he would accept whatever punishment was meted out.
“Mr. Goodell has a tremendous responsibility to get this league in order,” Johnson said. “Not that it’s all lost, but he has a tremendous responsibility and whatever he decides to do, it’s in the best interest of the league.
“I feel like whatever sanction he imposes, I’m man enough to take it and I know that once I get back on the field, that chapter of my life is closed and I can move on with a sense of closure.”
Johnson was charged with six misdemeanor counts of possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owner’s Identification card last Dec. 14 after police served a search warrant on his home.
He was on probation at the time after having pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge that resulted after a nightclub valet alerted police about seeing a gun in Johnson’s car.
With an eight-game suspension, Johnson would be permitted to return for the Bears’ Nov. 11 contest against the Raiders in Oakland. A six-game suspension would end in time for the defensive tackle to face the Eagles Oct. 21 in Philadelphia.
The six games that Johnson is assured of missing are home contests against the Chiefs, Cowboys and Vikings and road games versus the Chargers, Lions and Packers.
http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=3492
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My man crush for Goodell continues to grow.