NFL suspends Browns backup guard Alvin Bailey 2 games as result of OVI

Source: www.ohio.com --- Thursday, December 15, 2016
The NFL announced Thursday it suspended Browns backup left guard Alvin Bailey without pay for the next two games for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. Bailey will be eligible to return to the active roster on Christmas Day after the Browns host the San Diego Chargers on Dec. 24. He has a base salary of $1 million this season, and the suspension will cost him $117,647. Bailey pleaded no contest to operating a vehicle impaired and was found guilty Nov. 3 in North Royalton Mayor's Court. The suspension is a result of the OVI. When police arrested Bailey on Sept. 26 in North Royalton, he had a blood-alcohol content of .147 and officers found marijuana in his pickup truck, according to the police report. Bailey told police he had been drinking on the team plane after the Browns played the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 25 and later continued at Panini's Bar and Grill in Strongsville. The Browns and the NFL prohibit alcohol on team flights. Police cited Bailey for OVI, speeding, driving an unsafe vehicle (cracked windshield), drug abuse, drug paraphernalia and failure to comply. All of the charges except for OVI were dismissed. Bailey, 25, signed with the Browns in the offseason after spending the first three seasons of his NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks. He has started five of the Browns' 13 games this season. ...

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