NFL Player fined, appeals

tjones1 · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 12, 2005, 02:20pm

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/4985544

Do you think it was enough - only 30,000? He's appealing, which probably means it will get knocked down to 15.

Thoughts?

WhistlesAndStripes · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 12, 2005, 04:30pm

If you're swinging and hit anyone, whether it's the person you intended to or not, you deserve whatever penalty they smack ya with.

tjones1 · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 12, 2005, 05:43pm

I agree, however I don't think the fine was enough.

ASA/NYSSOBLUE · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 12, 2005, 07:34pm

And Suggs and Ed Reed got $15Gs each for THEIR little incident....

Snake~eyes · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 12, 2005, 07:48pm

Sounds good to me, he should have been ejected but according to Pereria the Linesmen could not see if it was a fist or a helmet that knocked over Butch, the officials had a discussion but were not going to eject him since they weren't sure.

LDUB · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 12, 2005, 08:30pm

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Originally posted by Snake~eyes
Sounds good to me, he should have been ejected but according to Pereria the Linesmen could not see if it was a fist or a helmet that knocked over Butch, the officials had a discussion but were not going to eject him since they weren't sure.

Does the NFL not allow video replays to allow the officials to determine the participants in a fight?

The Roamin' Umpire · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Oct 13, 2005, 03:35pm

$30K does not seem an unreasonable fine of an NFL player who throws a punch and hits an official, even if the official wasn't his target.

The one that gets me is the other player mentioned in the article, who intentionally delivered a forearm to the ribs of an official. In my book, that's not only a bigger fine, that's at least a two-game suspension. But of course, I'm not in charge of the NFL.