Report: NFLPA, NFL want increased discipline for alcohol violations

The NFL and NFLPA want tougher penalties for DUI-related offenses by players. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

The National Football League and the NFL Players Association are pushing for stiffer penalties for those individuals who are convicted of any alcohol-related driving offense, reports FOXSports.com.

According to the report, the league wants a mandatory suspension for players convicted of DUIs or other alcohol-related driving offenses and the NFLPA says that “players have been open to discussions and already discussed increasing discipline on DUIs."

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 players have been arrested on alcohol-related driving charges so far this year and there were 17 players arrested for the same offenses in 2012.

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A source told FOX Sports that the delay stems largely from the trickle-down effect the new HGH policy will have on other league programs, guidelines and the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Once the HGH testing plan is finalized — the NFL and NFLPA continued to work toward an agreement Monday — a new alcohol policy is expected to follow. “We would entertain any program collaboration, initiative or partnership that looks like it was feasibly calculated to reduce the number of incidents involving players, club employees and league employee who drive while impaired. That’s a given,” Adolpho Birch, who heads the NFL’s drug-testing programs as its senior vice president of law and labor policy,