Mr. Salvador had two earlier drunken-driving convictions, the most recent in February, when the court took away his license.

Leonard Karl, 43 years old, entered the county jail last February after his fourth drunken-driving conviction.

Earlier this month, another judge found Klima guilty of violating probation for a drunken-driving conviction.

Mr. House, who remains free on bond, has not been sentenced on the drunken-driving conviction.

Under the policy, a drunken-driving conviction doesn't mean an automatic suspension and the player will be entitled to a hearing.

A felony or drunken-driving conviction disqualifies a driver forever.

So do new classes of felonies; in many states, repeated drunken-driving convictions now require prison time, while three-time violent offenders can draw true life terms.

Among the many reasons for his expulsion, the most cited were his three drunken-driving convictions.

In 2000, Mr. Green's mother spent six months in jail on a drunken-driving conviction, records show.

He added that in only isolated cases would an officer compromise his integrity to obtain a drunken-driving conviction.