Fine/Suspension Blotter as of July 24, just to start the farce....

Just to start the Dog and Pony Show against the NFL and expose their fraud for what it is, let's use our friends at Spotrac to chronicle the following fines and suspensions, so far, in the 2014 off-season:


Quickie reminder:  A second suspension costs the team 25% of lost salary up to $200,000.  A third tacks on 33% of the third player's lost salary to $350,000 for the third one.  A fourth is half the fourth player's loss up to $500,000.  Any repeat-offender status doubles the payment, up to the capped number for that tier.

• Arizona Cardinals:  Daryl Washington, BANNED for a season, 2nd offense of drug policy.
• Baltimore Ravens:  Ray Rice, suspended two games and fined a 3rd game check based on 2013 salary, domestic violence.  Have to check to see if $50,000 (against that game check) counts against the Ravens' number -- I believe the game check does.
• Carolina Panthers:  Frank Alexander, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy.
• Indianapolis Colts:  Robert Mathis, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy, PEDs.
• Indianapolis Colts:  LaVon Brazill, BANNED at least for a season, 2nd offense of drug policy.
• Indianapolis Colts:  Under NFL rules, fined $200,000 for Brazill's suspension, for being the second such suspension.  Brazill's fine to the league is doubled under the repeat-offender situation, but still capped at $200,000.
• Jacksonville Jaguars:  Ace Sanders, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy.
• Jacksonville Jaguars: Since Justin Blackmon is suspended after strike three on the drug policy (and appears on his way to his fourth offense, which should end his career after a recent arrest with marijuana in the car), 25% of Sanders' salary has to be paid:  $29,117.50
• Kansas City Chiefs:  Rokevious Watkins, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy.
• Miami Dolphins:  Dion Jordan, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy, stimulants/PEDs.
• Minnesota Vikings:  Spencer Nealy, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy.
• New York Giants:  Will Hill, 6 games, drug policy.  He has since been terminated from the team.  (Yes, they say "waived" -- he was terminated.)
• New York Giants:  Jayron Hosley, less than a week after the Hill suspension, 4 games, 1st offense of drug policy.
• New York Giants:  Yes, Hill's suspension counts, so they are fined 25% of Hosley's lost salary (Fine is $33,529.75.)
• Philadelphia Eagles:  Jake Knott, 4 games, 1st offense drug policy, PEDs.
• Philadelphia Eagles:  Lane Johnson, 4 games, 1st offense drug policy, PEDs.
• Philadelphia Eagles:  Fined 25% of Johnson's lost salary ($45,047).
• St. Louis Rams:  Stedman Bailey, 4 games, 1st offense drug policy, PEDs.
• Washington Redskins:  Fred Davis, suspended indefinitely in February for strike two on the drug policy -- and now wanted for domestic violence in DC...
• Washington Redskins:  Brandon Moore (undrafted FA), 4 games, 1st offense drug policy (April).
• Washington Redskins:  Tanard Jackson, BANNED FROM THE LEAGUE, FOURTH OFFENSE drug policy.  (It, in fact, was his second indefinite suspension -- he'd actually already served his strike-three and won reinstatement after 18 months.  That didn't last long.  Reinstated May 5, banned again July 9)
• Washington Redskins:  That's $350,000 for Jackson and another $100,500 for Moore ($450,500 total) (and I'd hope a fair bit more) forfeited to the league.

So that's, what:  20 players, and team fines totaling over $700,000.