NFLPA appeals Goodell's lack of leniency in Pacman case</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NFL Players Association is appealing commissioner Roger Goodell's decision not to reduce the season-long suspension of Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones.</p> The union wants a hearing as soon as possible.</p> In a statement posted on its Web site, the union said it appealed Goodell's decision in a letter dated Nov. 8 -- two days after the commissioner notified Jones that the cornerback must serve out the entire suspension handed down originally in April.</p> The union said Goodell met with Jones, his representatives and an attorney from the NFLPA on Nov. 2 to consider leniency. The statement concludes with saying a hearing will be held in New York "within the next several weeks."</p> Goodell met with Jones two weeks earlier than he originally offered to.</p> Since being suspended in April, Jones was arrested in June on two felony charges stemming from a Feb. 19 fight at a Las Vegas strip club that led to a triple shooting outside that left one man paralyzed. Jones has been arrested six times since being drafted with the sixth pick overall in April 2005.</p> </div></p> </p>
