Matt Jones Suspended Three Games
October 20, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Jacksonville Jaguars
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Not surprisingly, Jacksonville Jags leading receiver Matt Jones has been suspended three games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. The suspension comes a week after Matt was accepted into a drug treatment program that could erase a felony cocaine charge against him. Matt has to participate in NFL-sponsored substance-abuse counseling and random drug testing through the end of the football season. Then he’ll have to complete the intervention program. I think he’s lucky to get three games. We’re not dealing with an over-the-counter supplement here. Sure, he pleaded not guilty to the felony drug charge and he’ll even likely appeal this suspension. But why did he enter into the rehab agreement if he was innocent?
Source: ESPN.com
