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Article: Jets' Pace is suspended four games
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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The NFL suspended Jets linebacker Calvin Pace for four games
without pay yesterday for violating the league's policy on
performance-enhancing substances.
Pace will miss New York's first four games - including a home
game against New England in Week 2 - and is eligible to return for
the Monday night game at Miami Oct. 12.
In a statement issued by the Jets, Pace said the ban is a result
of him taking an over-the-counter dietary supplement that he was
unaware violated the NFL's policy.
Pace signed a six-year, $42 million deal with New York last
offseason that included a $20 million signing bonus.
Pace spent his first five NFL seasons with the Arizona Cardinals,
who selected him ...