FINALLY!!!

• Oakland Raiders:  Vontaze Burfict has become the first player in the history of the National Football League to be materially banned from the league for on-field conduct.  He has been technically suspended for the rest of the year, but it basically is tantamount to a full-scale life banishment from the National Football League.  He has been given 72 hours to appeal the suspension.

The Oakland Raiders have also been penalized doubly.

• Per the second half of the Club Remittance Policy, $50,000 is charged against the fine number for the season of the Raiders.  This alone places the Raiders within about $15,000 of the accumulated fines penalty.
• Because this is the third suspension of the year for the team, the Raiders are directly fined $174,379 (for a total of $250,000) for this action under the first half of the Club Remittance Policy.

Let's make no secret.  The hit probably gets $56K for repeat offender on it's own merit.

This is the FOURTEENTH NFL penalty for Burfict.  And the league made indirect reference to that in the letter.

Frankly, the league should be referring Vontaze Burfict for the Dino Cicerelli (sp?) treatment -- CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.