[CBFF] Tank Johnson gets 8 games

[Kenny Claxton]

We'll share the win as I did say he was going to be given 8.

On 6/4/07, Dwayne <dwayne at wctc.net> wrote:
>
> So if it's reduced to 6, then I win.
>
> So let's go Dusty! I guess us Cubs fans can grab our in Dusty we trusty
> t-shirts from the garage. We are going to need them.
>
> D
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Victor
> Waldron
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 2:29 PM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Tank Johnson gets 8 games
>
> Here's the story from the Bears website:
>
> LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The NFL on Monday suspended Tank Johnson without
> pay for the first eight games of the regular season for violating the
> league's personal conduct policy.
>
> In a letter to Johnson, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said that he
> would be prepared to reduce the suspension to the first six
> regular-season games if Johnson meets certain conditions.
>
> The conditions include:
>
> -- No further adverse involvement with law enforcement and full
> compliance with any requirements imposed by a court.
>
> -- Compliance with all league requirements, including counseling.
>
> -- No participation in any practices or other organized team
> activities during the period of the suspension. Johnson may, however,
> be present at the Bears' facility during the suspension for counseling
> sessions and other approved activities such as physical treatment or
> individual workout sessions.
>
> Commissioner Goodell said that he would review the matter no later
> than Oct. 1 to assess Johnson's progress and determine whether the
> suspension should be reduced.
>
> 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.
>
> On 6/4/07, Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > According to the WSCR. He could get it knocked down to 6 on appeal.
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