Moffitt's suspension costs money, not starts
December, 6, 2011
12/06/11
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Mike Sando | ESPN.com
What to know regarding the four-game NFL suspension levied against Seattle Seahawks guard John Moffitt:
I'll update with additional details.
- The league, in announcing the suspension, classified the drug as performance-enhancing.
- Moffitt's agent said the drug was consistent with those used to treat hyperactivity, according to Danny O'Neil, and Moffitt apparently did not get clearance from the league.
- Players often blame positive tests on misunderstandings or worse, and sometimes they are right.
- The league holds players responsible for what goes into their bodies.
- Moffitt is on injured reserve, so he cannot play this season anyway.
- The four-game suspension begins now and will end after Week 17.
- The suspension will require Moffitt to forfeit his pay for the remaining four games of the season. Moffitt's salary for the season was $375,000. Players get paid weekly over 17 weeks. Moffitt will lose four-seventeenths of his base salary. That works out to $88,235.29 in this case.
- A second positive test would result in a minimum eight-game suspension.
I'll update with additional details.
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