Cole World Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Quote Hageman’s suspension traces to March 2016 incident Posted by Mike Florio on September 2, 2017, 7:07 PM EDT The Falcons will be without defensive tackle Ra'Shede Hageman to start the 2017 season. The duration of his absence isn’t known. As explained by D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the placement of Hageman on the Commissioner’s Exempt list traces back to a March 2016 incident. The move came now because the criminal case has concluded, and the league is determining the discipline to be imposed on Hageman under the Personal Conduct Policy. As explained by Ledbetter, Hageman may not practice or attend games. If the team allows it, Hageman may be present at the team’s facility for meetings, individual workouts, therapy, rehabilitation, and other authorized non-football activities. Hageman originally was charged with three misdemeanors, including assault and cruelty to children, a charge that arose from a child witnessing an alleged assault. Hageman allegedly pulled the hair of the mother of his child and also pushed to the ground in a parking lot outside apartment. She suffered cuts on her left hand and elbow. Hageman also allegedly took her phone as she tried to call 911. Although technically suspended, players on the Commissioner’s Exempt get their regular pay. This means that Hageman will receive $19,500 per week until he’s suspended under the Personal Conduct Policy, which calls for a baseline suspension of six games. The league inexplicably does not regard placement on the Commissioner’s Exempt list as discipline, since the player gets paid. In all fairness, the games missed while on the Commissioner’s Exempt list should count as time served toward the eventual suspension, with the money from those games forfeited after the fact. Edited September 2, 2017 by Cole World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovie_Lover Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 This moron.. he's not suspended smh... probably will be but not yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dem Birds Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 He even says in the article that he isn't suspended lol. Maybe someone else wrote the headline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDaLuvMaker Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 So this means that Hageman will receive some type of punishment. They just haven't decided what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sun Tzu 7 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 5 hours ago, DawnOfThemBirds said: So this means that Hageman will receive some type of punishment. They just haven't decided what. It's the same thing the NFL did with Adrian Peterson in Minnesota. Hes basically suspended with pay. Normally when you're suspended it's without pay. It allows the NFL to 'suspend' players so the NFLPA doesn't have to make a big deal about it because if they do it's bad for the league and very very bad for the public perception of the player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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