by: Sam Gillenwater 3 hours ago samdg_33
WR Ja’Marr Chase was announced to be suspended for one game this afternoon by the NFL for his role in an altercation on Sunday where he spat at CB Jalen Ramsey. Now, that decision-making will cost him more than just a game played for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Per Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, this will, assuming no appeal is won on the one-game suspension, end up being a spit worth over $500,000 for Chase. That’s as it will cost him his game check worth nearly $450,000 as well as what would be his active roster bonus of almost $60,000, bringing the reported total to around $507,000.
“If upheld, the one-game suspension would cost Ja’Marr Chase over a half-million dollars — his $448,333 game check and a $58,824 active roster bonus,” Pelissero tweeted out following the news of the suspension. “One expensive loogie.”
The spit by Chase naturally led to an altercation with Ramsey, who was ejected for his role in it, in the fourth quarter of Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh, which the Steelers won 34-12 over the Bengals. That matchup, both between those divisional teams and those two players, was naturally heated regardless without the action. Still, Chase denied doing it, but with video after the game clearly showing he did.
With that, a suspension was expected, and has since been handed down this afternoon by the National Football League. It was a violation as an act of unsportsmanlike conduct, which Chase can now appeal to the NFL and the NFLPA.