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Originally Posted by curves2000
Question for those who may know more about the CBA than I do.
With Wideman being suspended indefinitely does this mean he is currently forfeiting salary? Or would his pay be held back if/once an official suspension has been handed down?
This is somewhat of a unique situation where he might have to wait at least a week before potentially serving any suspension so I am just trying to see if he misses out on a week's worth of earnings?
The majority of the suspensions that I have seen are usually handed down within a day or two and then the player forfeits the cash starting day 1 of the suspension. In this case Wideman might be waiting 6 days or so until he finds out his potential punishment.
Sorry about the financial question but this stuff kind of interests me.
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Financial losses from suspensions are based on whether or not you're repeat offender. If you aren't, you lose one day's pay for each game you're suspended. So a guy who gets suspended for 5 games and misses 2 weeks only really loses 5 days' pay.
If you are a repeat offender (supplemental discipline in the last 18 months, I believe), then you lose pay based on the suspension's portion of the total season. So a player with a 5 game suspension would lose 6% (5/82) of his annual pay.
So for Wideman, being suspended indefinitely has no real effect on his pay. The money he forfeits will be based solely on how many games he's suspended for.