Monday, November 02, 2009 at 7:01 p.m.
(AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have reached a
settlement with Larry Johnson and agreed Monday to withhold only
one week's pay for making gay slurs instead of two.
The settlement saved the two-time Pro Bowl running back about
$315,000. His agent, Peter Schaffer, had threatened to take the
matter to arbitration.
The Chiefs refused any comment other than to say they had
finalized the settlement. Schaffer told the AP on Saturday night
the agreement had been reached and needed only to be signed.
Originally, the Chiefs suspended Johnson for two weeks until
Nov. 9, including this week's game at Jacksonville. He would have
lost about $630,000 if the Chiefs had not backed down and then won
the appeal.
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