The NFL Is Going to Uphold Josh Gordon's One-Year Suspension and He Will Miss the Entire 2014-15 NFL Season

Josh Gordon won't be able to play at all this season for the Cleveland Brown due to a one-year suspension that the NFL just upheld.

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The NFL is not going to let Josh Gordon off easy this time.

Last year, the league reduced a four-game suspension that they gave him for testing positive for codeine use to just two games after he filed an official appeal with the league. However, the league isn't going to reduce the year-long suspension that they handed him earlier this year for testing positive for marijuana. The Browns wide receiver had filed an appeal and was hoping to have his suspension reduced to eight games. But according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the league is preparing to announce that they are going to uphold his one-year suspension:

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That's not all, either. Because Gordon appealed his suspension and because the league took so long to make a ruling on it, Gordon will now be forced to miss quite a bit of training camp next season:

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It's a bad break for Gordon and for the Browns. Stay tuned for more details on the suspension.

[via @AdamSchefter]

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