Thurman's suspension extended...out for season
 

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6008262?FSO1&ATT=HMA

CINCINNATI (AP) - Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman, already banned for the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, was suspended Wednesday for the rest of the season following his arrest on a charge of drunken driving.

Thurman was arrested about 3 a.m. Monday, hours after the Bengals beat division rival Pittsburgh 28-20.

Police said Thurman's blood alcohol was 0.18 percent when he was arrested, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent in Ohio. Thurman is due in court Oct. 2.

His arrest came less than a week after commissioner Roger Goodell visited Cincinnati and reminded players of their responsibility to stay out of trouble and represent the league honorably. Thurman was the sixth Bengals player arrested this year.

Rookie Reggie McNeal and Chris Henry, both Bengals wide receivers, were in the vehicle but were not charged.

Henry has been arrested four times and convicted twice, avoiding jail time so far. He pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in northern Kentucky, and this month pleaded guilty to a weapon charge in Orlando, Fla.

Thurman, a second-round draft pick from Georgia last year, started all but one game in 2005.


Will also be interested to see how the league views Henry's parole violation......

Keep up the good work, Marvin.

Its amazing how many NFL careers are ruined by drunk driving

IMO, it's worse when they aren't. [/Leonard Little]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of assholes.

Damn, beat me to it.

congrats to thurman :toast:

more time to get some drinkin done!

What is it with the bengals and having thugs?

It's not the fact that he got a DUI without retribution, it's the fact that he murdered a woman with his car when he got his DUI without retribution.

Bingo.

Little is a waste of human flesh.

Everytime I hear a Rams fan say even one nice word about Little, I want to punch them in the face.

The dude murdered a person from their community and they praise him.

Seriously. I mean, it's not like they can't afford a f**kin' cab.