The Kansas City Chiefs have settled with Larry Johnson on a non-injury grievance he filed with the team in response to a team issued two-week-without-pay suspension earlier this week
The player is still suspended until November 9th
The player only loses one game check, instead of two
This is not the result many of us had hoped and/or expected. Basically, LJ gets a paid week off as his suspension is cut in half now losing only a little over $250,000.
I think this is the result of neither side, particularly the team, wanting to have this distraction continue. However, LJ is still on the team so I believe it will continue to be a distraction regardless of the other stuff.
It had been previously reported that the league and the union were getting involved in the talks. If a settlement agreement hadn't been reached, a grievance hearing would have been held next week by an independent arbitrator.
