Running back Cedric Benson will play for the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo, despite its three-game suspension, coach Marvin Lewis said Wednesday.
Benson was a hearing to appeal the suspension Tuesday. Benson and his lawyer, David Cornwell, expressed numerous objections to the three game suspension running back in the NFL with an official hearing, Harold Henderson, a source familiar with the case told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Henderson considered evidence and arguments of Benson, but gives no indication as to when he makes a decision.
Benson has also filed a complaint challenging application nonviolence conduct policy in the NFL while the lockout was no collective bargaining agreement or union, and Benson was not an employee of any team. Benson was arrested in July on charges of misdemeanor assault after being involved in an argument with a former roommate in Austin, Texas.
Benson believes that the interpretation and enforceability of side-letter agreement between the Association and the NFL Players NFL should be resolved either through non-violence complaint or the National Labor Relations Board before a decision can be made in a disciplinary appeal.
ESPN NFL source confirmed a senior analyst Chris Mortensen on Sunday that Benson has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the NFLPA to the NLRB about the side letter agreement.
It was not clear to League fine or suspend players who got into trouble in the NFL for 4 and a half month lockout, when there was no collective bargaining agreement. NFLPA was decertified as part of a labor dispute.
In the side-letter agreement, the league and the NFLPA finally agreed that the eight players (including Benson), may be punished for incidents in the off-season, while 25 others will not.
Benson, speaking after the Bengals' loss of 13.08 on Sunday, was not happy with the officials union.
"There were some things in the CB that we were not aware of what is really no surprise," Benson told the Associated Press. "This falls on the (players association) You may think that they are here to support you and your back -.. This is what makes the union, I think in my case, it's different."
Benson was arrested in the summer of 2010 in an alleged fight bar in Austin and charged with assault offense. Benson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after the incident and was not disciplined.
Benson reached a plea agreement to settle cases of both 2010 and 2011, the court and served five days in jail before this season Texas has begun.
Bengals running back gave the test Larry Johnson and Clinton Portis, but Lewis said Wednesday they were not in response to the possible suspension of Benson.
Benson was a hearing to appeal the suspension Tuesday. Benson and his lawyer, David Cornwell, expressed numerous objections to the three game suspension running back in the NFL with an official hearing, Harold Henderson, a source familiar with the case told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Henderson considered evidence and arguments of Benson, but gives no indication as to when he makes a decision.
Benson has also filed a complaint challenging application nonviolence conduct policy in the NFL while the lockout was no collective bargaining agreement or union, and Benson was not an employee of any team. Benson was arrested in July on charges of misdemeanor assault after being involved in an argument with a former roommate in Austin, Texas.
Benson believes that the interpretation and enforceability of side-letter agreement between the Association and the NFL Players NFL should be resolved either through non-violence complaint or the National Labor Relations Board before a decision can be made in a disciplinary appeal.
ESPN NFL source confirmed a senior analyst Chris Mortensen on Sunday that Benson has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the NFLPA to the NLRB about the side letter agreement.
It was not clear to League fine or suspend players who got into trouble in the NFL for 4 and a half month lockout, when there was no collective bargaining agreement. NFLPA was decertified as part of a labor dispute.
In the side-letter agreement, the league and the NFLPA finally agreed that the eight players (including Benson), may be punished for incidents in the off-season, while 25 others will not.
Benson, speaking after the Bengals' loss of 13.08 on Sunday, was not happy with the officials union.
"There were some things in the CB that we were not aware of what is really no surprise," Benson told the Associated Press. "This falls on the (players association) You may think that they are here to support you and your back -.. This is what makes the union, I think in my case, it's different."
Benson was arrested in the summer of 2010 in an alleged fight bar in Austin and charged with assault offense. Benson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after the incident and was not disciplined.
Benson reached a plea agreement to settle cases of both 2010 and 2011, the court and served five days in jail before this season Texas has begun.
Bengals running back gave the test Larry Johnson and Clinton Portis, but Lewis said Wednesday they were not in response to the possible suspension of Benson.
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