Broncos’ LB Miller fined $15K for Palmer hit. NFL fines Ray Lewis, Ryan Clark for hits. NFL fines Justin Smith $15,000 for hit on Colt McCoy. NFL fines Giants S Rolle $15,000 for horse collar, DT Joseph gets $7,500 for late hit. NFL fines player $10K for calling wife during game to say he was OK.
This is NOT OK Goodell. Stop throwing these thousand dollar fines out like penalty flags. Of course, nobody wants to see a severe injury, but by handing out these fines, in the amount that they are in, are just obsessive and counter productive.
The reason why I think it is counter productive is because the only players who are consciously worried about a high hit or an astronomical fine afterwards, are not the established big money-making defenders, but the players who need to make that big time play in order to hold on to a roster spot and paycheck.
Baltimore Ravens LB Ray Lewis said of the fine, “I think the thing is, you definitely respect them trying to protect players’ safety, but at the same time, it won’t change the way I play in this league, no matter what the fine is. You just can’t stop playing defense the way this defense has always played.”
And jeez, why are the fines so expensive? What is the minimum salary, maybe $300,000? Get a $15,000 fine. That’s 5% of your salary! I just don’t understand this. Players for the most part are not going to change the way they play, so why do you continue to fine so much money?
Better question, where is all this money going? The ONLY place it should be going is to the former players who need the money for medical treatments. That is the only logical place for the money to go and if we find out that it is going somewhere else, I’m going to be really upset.
Oh and please Mr. Goodell, please tell the referees to stop throwing so many flags and please change the penalty of a pass interference call to a 10-yard penalty not from the spot of the play but from the line of scrimmage. It’s really ruining the game.
Oh crap he’ll probably fine me for writing this. Well, (I’ll just pArry this) Oops.
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