- Associated Press - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL Players Association has suspended contract adviser Marlon Sullivan for six months and fined him $10,000 because his employee gave money to a former college football player.

Under NFLPA regulations, contract advisers are held responsible for the actions of recruiters.

Sullivan also failed to sign a disclosure form acknowledging that Sullivan would pay the recruiter a fee to recruit the player as a client of Sullivan’s

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The NFLPA didn’t name the player involved.

The announcement Tuesday came on the same day Sports Illustrated published an article detailing how a former sports agent paid college football players early in his career.

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