Green Bay ended the regular season with 78 accepted penalties, tying for third-best in the N.F.L. "We've taken a different path this year," McCarthy said.
Over the summer, the Russian lab discovered seven positive samples from the world track and field championships in Moscow, and all seven athletes immediately accepted penalties or temporary bans.
After debacles in the rollout of the law, many Americans are accepting penalties versus buying insurance due to the increases in health insurance premiums.
He also can accept the penalties or challenge them in arbitration.
Ohio State will meet with the N.C.A.A.'s committee on infractions on Aug. 12, which could accept the penalties Ohio State already placed on itself or add more.
Kessler said that the union was forced to accept the penalties against the Redskins and the Cowboys in exchange for getting a salary cap figure it wanted for the rest of the league — and that it accepted the penalties while taking the league at its word that no collusion had taken place among teams to suppress salaries.
We have come to acknowledge the problems with hits to the head delivered on crossing receivers blindsided by onrushing missiles, and generally accept the penalties that are now being given for those hits and impacting games.
Specifically, the offstage drama involving Alex Rodriguez, who has remained indecisive about whether he would challenge any potential suspension handed down by Major League Baseball, as people close to him indicated Sunday, or accept whatever penalties M.L.B. imposes as part of an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.
Gov. George E. Pataki had met in early June with Mr. Simmons and came away with the impression that he might be more willing than the professional politicians in the Assembly to accept tougher penalties for some drug crimes in return for reduced sentences over all.
It has been a chaotic week of rumors and delays in the handing down of suspensions, but if the latest such rumors are to be believed, the accused players must let MLB know if they intend to accept their penalties on Sunday night; the formal announcements will follow on Monday.
