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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I would imagine it is out of the player's wallet. When an in-person hearing happens, the player is being offered an opportunity to defend himself - but it isn't mandatory. Seeing as players lose salary when they're suspended, I imagine the couple hundred dollars for the flight makes financial sense if they can help reduce the number of games they're suspended for. That would seem to make sense to me.
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Agreed. Another possibility might be the player's team, who has a vested interest in the outcome of the hearing. However, teams cannot 'reimburse' fees such as supplemental discipline fines, and I imagine airfare costs in the process of getting these fines also counts.