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(#17) Art Folz
Supsension: Lifetime ban (reinstated in 1926)
Date: December 17, 1925Reason: Folz reportedly hired high school players to play against his team, the Chicago Cardinals, in order to ensure a victory and help the Cardinals win the 1925 NFL Championship. He was suspended for life, and though he was reinstated the following year, Folz never played professional football again.
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(#10) Paul Hornung
Supsension: Entire 1963 season
Date: April 17, 1963Reason: Hornung was suspended indefinitely for gambling on NFL games and associating with undesirable persons but reinstated after one season. Well liked, Hornung continued to prosper in the NFL and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.
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(#11) Art Schlichter
- Quarterback
Supsension: Entire 1983 season
Date: May 20, 1983Reason: Schlichter was a serious gambling addict through his career and post-NFL life and was suspended for the entire 1983 season after losing $489,000 betting on basketball games. He was reinstated in 1984 but played just 10 more NFL games over two seasons.
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(#12) Myles Garrett
Supsension: Indefinite
Date: November 15, 2019Reason: Garrett was suspended by the league for removing the helmet of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and striking him in the head with it. At the time of the suspsension, Garrett was unlikely to play for the remained of the 2019 season and could potentially miss time in 2020.
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(#16) Chris Cook
- Cornerback
Supsension: 10 games
Date: October 25, 2011Reason: Cook was suspended for the remainder of the 2011 season after being charged with domestic assault, though he was later acquitted and returned to the NFL the following season.
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(#7) Adam Jones
- Cornerback, Return specialist
Supsension: Entire 2007 season
Date: May 15, 2007Reason: In February 2007, Jones was involved in an altercation at a strip club in which he was accused of attacking a dancer and threatened a security guard. Jones suffered a series of legal issues stemming from the incident and was suspended for the entire 2007 season. He returned to play in 2008 and retired from the NFL in 2019.
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As we all know, football is a cruel and fierce confrontational sport, professional football is even crueler. The NFL does not have so-called thugs as everyone thinks, but some football players do like to commit malicious fouls at the expense of injury or even ruining the opponent's career, This is the worst behavior and is explicitly prohibited. In the history of the NFL, there have been many suspension penalties issued because of fouls on the court.
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