Struggling Packers Struggle Some More in NFL Football
Green Bay Packers wide receiver, Koren Robinson, will sit out the remainder of the NFL Football season.
Refusing to buy the argument that hearing Koren Robinson's appeal before his criminal charges in Minnesota were resolved was unfair, NFL Football upheld his one-year suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
The league heard Robinson's appeal and little more than 24 hours later announced the Green Bay Packers' receiver would be suspended without pay for at least one year.
In a brief statement, the league said Koren Robinson is eligible to be reinstated no sooner than Sept. 18, 2007. A league spokesman said that date is one year from the day it determined Robinson violated the policy.
Robinson was allowed to play until the appeal was heard, and it's unclear whether that means Robinson won't be reinstated until one year from Tuesday. The league spokesman referred all other inquiries to the NFL's written substance-abuse policy, which states the suspension for players in the third stage of the program, as Robinson is, is one calendar year.
That means Robinson's ban is not for 16 games (the length of an NFL regular season) but rather for 365 days.
The policy also states that "following the one-year banishment, the Commissioner, at his sole discretion, will determine if and when the player will be allowed to return to the NFL."
The one-year ban also means Robinson will not be allowed to work out at Lambeau Field or take part in any team functions with the Green Bay Packers either during the regular season or in the offseason.
Green Bay Packers head coach, Mike McCarthy, said that he had not spoken with Robinson about the suspension. He said he thought league rules prevented him from having any contact with a suspended player.
"I've really never been involved in this process before, but my understanding is we're not allowed to be involved as an organization," McCarthy said. "In respect to the NFL guidelines, we will follow those guidelines.''
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