[CBFF] NFL: No alcohol for team functions, flights

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NFL: No alcohol for team functions, flights 
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NFL.com wire reports 

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NEW YORK (May 31, 2007) -- NFL clubs may no longer serve alcohol at team 
functions or on buses or flights, extending a ban that until now applied only in 
locker rooms. 
NFL owners and executives were told by Commissioner Roger Goodell that the 
rule pertains not only to players but to owners, coaches and guests. 
"I believe that no constructive purpose is served by clubs continuing to 
make alcoholic beverages available, and that doing so imposes significant and 
unnecessary risks to the league, its players and others," Goodell wrote to all 
32 teams in a letter obtained by The Associated Press. 
The commissioner's letter separates him from, among others, Major League 
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig. After St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock 
died a month ago in what was ruled an alcohol-related auto accident, Selig 
said a decision on banning beer in clubhouses was a team matter, not a league 
one. 
Goodell's letter is in keeping with his policy of setting strict standards 
for behavior by players, coaches and officials after a year of numerous 
arrests, many of them for alcohol-related offenses. He has imposed strict 
suspensions on those who violated those policies, including a yearlong suspension for 
Tennessee's _Adam "Pacman" Jones_ 
(http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/552555) , which is currently under appeal. 
The letter is addressed to chief executives, club presidents, general 
managers and head coaches. 
"Effective immediately," it reads, "clubs are prohibited from providing 
alcoholic beverages, including beer, in any club setting, including in locker 
rooms, practice or office facilities, or while traveling, including on team 
buses or flights. 
"This prohibition extends not only to players, but to all team personnel, as 
well as to other guests traveling with the team or who have access to club 
facilities." 
The ban was sent with the approval of the NFL Players Association and the 
player advisory council, a group of veterans appointed in early April to advise 
Goodell on player issues. 
That group includes union president _Troy Vincent_ 
(http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/4442) , currently a free agent; safety _Donovin Darius_ 
(http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/12315) of Jacksonville; fullback _Tony 
Richardson_ (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1471) of Minnesota; center _Jeff 
Saturday_ (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/125870) of Indianapolis; 
linebacker _Takeo Spikes_ (http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/12722) of 
Philadelphia; and wide receiver _James Thrash_ 
(http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1859) of Washington. 

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