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The National Football League suspended defensive end Johnny Jolly on Friday, indefinitely and without pay, for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

The suspension will last at least through the 2010 season. Jolly is eligible to apply for reinstatement after Super Bowl XLV.www.nfljerseychina.com.

Ted Thompson, the team’s general manager, issued a statement:

"Johnny is a good player that loves everything about the game of football. We appreciate the contributions he has made to the Packers the past four seasons. His focus and priorities now lie elsewhere – our thoughts are with him during this difficult personal time."

The team declined further comment.

It might seem odd that Jolly received a year-long suspension without any previous suspensions. But it is possible that Jolly was notified of a suspension, perhaps for four games last year, and he appealed it. An appeal can take months and none of that information is made public.

A player may enter the drug program because of behavior, including but not limited to an arrest related to an alleged misuse of substances of abuse, which exhibits physical, behavioral, or psychological signs or symptoms of misuse of substances of abuse.

Or he might have tested positive.

Typically, a player progresses to stages One, Two and Three of the NFL’s substance abuse program with increasing punishments.

"Repeat violations lead to increased discipline," said NFL senior vice president of public relations Greg Aiello. "It’s not announced when, for instance, a player may be entered in to the program. If a player tests positive and is put in the program, there is no public knowledge or that."

A first violation gets a player in the program. A second violation gets a fine, a third violation a four game suspension. There may be a six or eight-game suspension if there is a lack of cooperation from the player, or a season long suspension with the player’s the next violation.

It is possible that Jolly may have entered the substance program and may have even been fined for a violation without any of this becoming public knowledge, but Jolly has not been suspended for four games.

So it is possible he has committed these violations in the off-season. Or he had multiple violations over the past year or so, where he may or may not have been suspended.

If Jolly was in Stage Three, it meant he had multiple violations of the drug policy (which include testing positive, missing a test, failing to take part in treatment).

According to the policy, he had to have at least two violations while in Stage Two just to get to Stage Three.

"You could go from being entered in to the program to a one-year suspension if you have multiple violations within a period of time before you can get to the four-game suspension," said Aiello.

It’s a possibility Jolly was informed he was going to be suspended sometime during 2009 and was appealing. It can take six to eight to for an appeal to be resolved, as in the well known case of Brian Cushing, who tested positive in September or October and his four-game suspension wasn’t announced until May. That’s because he was appealing it. No announcement is made until the appeal is exhausted. Only the player knows of his suspension; the team isn’t informed until the appeal process is through.

One twist to the suspension is the "indefinite" terminology behind it. A stage 3 violator would be given a year suspension by the calendar year, much the way Koren Robinson was suspended a few years ago.

But the NFL statement said the suspension is indefinite and that Jolly may apply for reinstatement after the Super Bowl, which would be shorter than a calendar year.

"It doesn’t necessarily apply in this case," said Aiello. "He is going to miss the entire 2010 season. The determination will be made next year, if he reapplies, as to when he can return. It might not necessarily be a fill calendar year to July 16. It will definitely be an entire 2010 season." www.2009allstar.com.

Jolly can reapply "after the Super Bowl — and then there’s a process to that. So that doesn’t mean he is reinstated at that point," said Aiello.

Jolly was notified of his suspension by the NFL in writing, said Aiello. Jolly’s agent, Brian Overstreet, did not return messages seeking comment.www.nfljerseychina.com.

The prosecuting attorney in Houston, Todd Keagle, said nothing has changed in the case, which is still expected to go to trial July 30. He also said he doesn’t think the NFL’s decision will have any bearing on the trial.

Tom Silverstein, Greg Bedard and Ken Fountain contributed to this re