We mentioned the other night that Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson’s “Pay Me Rick” shoes resulted in Robinson paying the Texans.
The amount, per ESPN.com, was a whopping $25,000.
So, basically, cheating on the injury report is as bad as a three-word message on a pair of cleats.
Robinson also is expected to be fined by the league for violating the uniform rules. The standard penalty for such matters is $5,000.
Thus, in the end, Robinson will end up paying more than Jets G.M. Mike Tannenbaum or former Jets coach Eric Mangini paid for getting caught red-handed at something that they possibly did multiple other times in 2008.
Seems about right.
Maybe he wanted paid for “rick rolling” someone?
So he will be fined about $5k from the league for his behavior. $5k sounds a lot less than the fine the league imposed on the Jets, Mangini, etc. Robinson was fined $25k from the TEAM, not the league.
100% Right. The League needs to get some perspective on how they enforce and choose the amounts of fines. If I was a player that is 1 of the top things I would ask my representatives to figure out in the new cba talks.
Another dumbass. Athletes don’t get enough attention on national TV, don’t they realize they look “bad” when they do and say stupid things like this. How about a new approach, how about concentrating on delivering consistent outstanding effort and let the accolades by others speak for themselves. You ever notice that the retired athletes who let their play do the talking are remembered with reverence and the loud mouth assclowns when mentioned (rarely) are mentioned for being just that-loud mouth assclowns!
Gamblers need better lobbyists in the commissioners office.
How does a team-imposed fine for a matter of discipline relate to a league-imposed fine for matters related to the injury report?
If the NFL’s standard fine for uniform violations is $5,000 (which apparently hasn’t changed since Jim McMahon’s Adidas headbands), and the NFL’s fine for the injury report shenanigans was $25,000, exactly what point is this story trying to make? It seems the NFL fines quite a bit more for “cheating” than violating the uniform code. Five times more, to be exact.
Additionally, and as I hint at above, while the league may consider the shoe message to fall under the purview of the uniform code, the Texans probably consider Robinson’s actions a matter of lack of discipline and a violation of workplace decorum. The matter, viewed in this light, naturally hits much closer to home for the team than it does the NFL, hence the more serious view of the offense.
Seriously 25K is over the top. Obvious how management runs things there. It is no wonder the Texans have never made the playoffs. What a joke.
It was two separate fines…so yes, it’ll cost more than cheating, but the league’s portion is considerably less than the fine for cheating…that makes more sense.
The NFL as a business is a joke. How something so inconsistently run can survive is amazing.
Thank Gawd for the games though.
Unless you’re the Patriots, where cheating on the injury report doesn’t cost a dime.
I don’t understand your math, 5000
If I openly disrespect my employer, I get fired. A (relatively) measly fine doesn’t seem too out of line.
The NFL as a business is a joke. How something so inconsistently run can survive is amazing.
Thank Gawd for the games though.
I agree with all of that. Goodell is all over the map with his “discipline”. Although, I sort of understand why Goodell just slapped the Jets on the wrist for their explicit cheating since the Jets are located so close to New York, and the coward Goodell almost certainly runs into Jets fans any time he goes out to eat in New York or New Jersey.
@DolFan Dan says:
September 18, 2009 11:21 AM
“Unless you’re the Patriots, where cheating on the injury report doesn’t cost a dime.”
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Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle
You should talk dumb-ass being a Fin fanboy and all. Tony Sparano has become well versed in the art of injury report manipulation by the man who invented it (who just happens to be your Executive VP of Football Operations). There’s been several stories of late of the Fins pulling some dubious shit with that report the last few years.
NFL fines in general are just a joke. $5,000? Really? Players make like $5,000 a minute out on the field. Does the NFL really think a 5k fine is going to stop a millionaire from doing something?
The fines should be determined based on how much the player makes. Right now they are a slap on the wrist.
“Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle
You should talk dumb-ass being a Fin fanboy and all. Tony Sparano has become well versed in the art of injury report manipulation by the man who invented it (who just happens to be your Executive VP of Football Operations). There’s been several stories of late of the Fins pulling some dubious shit with that report the last few years.”
The only “reports” I am aware of are from Florio assuming that we must be hiding something because we hardly had anybody hurt last year.
That’s a far cry from the player (in this case Favre) saying that he was hurt and that they didn’t list him. Maroney said the same thing about last season , so why no fine for them?
Douchebag.
You are such a tool Florio. You twist things and take them out of context just to sensationalize something and create drama for yourself. I used to stop by here everyday to check up on football news, but now it is more like TMZ.
You have lost one user in me, and if one user posts this, then dozens others are thinking it. Take the freaking bias and conjecture out of your posts and maybe this place won’t die.
Also clean up the comments. Far too much hate there. There are more people who hate that sort of thing than like it. Pretty much everyone out of high school as a matter of fact. You need a firm moderator to eliminate all of the personal attacks and insults.
I don’t know if you care now that you have made million from selling your site, but I am sure your new bosses will care. They run a family oriented business.
Typical Florio sensationalism:
“Thus, in the end, Robinson will end up paying more than Jets G.M. Mike Tannenbaum or former Jets coach Eric Mangini paid for getting caught red-handed at something that they possibly did multiple other times in 2008.”
Your a lawyer? How do you misrepresent the facts so blatantly? Robinson got fined five times less from the league then the Jets guys did. His own team fined him too, but that is their prerogative and has nothing to do with league fines. If the dummy called me out on national TV and I was his boss I would have fined him even more than $25k…
And what is with the comment “caught red-handed at something that they possibly did multiple other times in 2008?” Caught red handed? Favre screwed them by basically blaming them in a national interview in order to make excuses for his bad play last year. The Jets did not deny it and Goodwell had to do something. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that [b]every[/b] team did this last year…[i]and possibly multiple other times in 2008[/i].
What a cheap shot anyway in an article about Robinson and not about the Jets. I have seen shots at the Jets in three posts in the last two days taking things out of context to make them seem more dramatic. You clearly have nothing new to say, but what to jump on the Jets-Pats drama this week and post something about it because people are eating up the drama that fat boy is creating.
By your reasoning I could say that you possibly got blowjobs from a male prostitute multiple times last year, and it while would be no more based in fact than what you said if I had a forum like your I could post it all over the internet. You can say almost anything if you stick the word possibly in there dummy.
Now this is an actual good point to make, unlike those stupid twitter related articles.
# DolFan Dan says: September 18, 2009 11:21 AM
Unless you’re the Patriots, where cheating on the injury report doesn’t cost a dime.
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You have incorrect information – Pats have been penalized for injury report info. I believe it was actually Mr. Seymour that they got in trouble for a couple years back.
DolFan Dan says:
September 18, 2009 12:56 PM
“The only “reports” I am aware of are from Florio assuming that we must be hiding something because we hardly had anybody hurt last year.
That’s a far cry from the player (in this case Favre) saying that he was hurt and that they didn’t list him. Maroney said the same thing about last season , so why no fine for them?”
Douchebag.
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And that’s my point. There were a bunch of players injured on the Fins last year and they hid it. Is that conjecture? Can you prove anything about the Pats but conjecture? Where’s their fine? What about Matt Roth?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/04/fins-already-hiding-injuries/
And if you kept your eyes peeled on this glorious website you’d know why the Pats weren’t fined on Maroney (beyond what’s been written the past several days). Maroney’s conveniently pulled into the injury report tomes that Florio has written a dozen times, but the bottom line (and Florio mentioned it in the Mangini story two days ago) is that Maroney fully participated in practice during the period he was injured. There was NO obligation to list him per league rules. Maroney was listed on the report with the shoulder. The question there is “was he hurt badly and not listed before he finally went on IR?” Last year Maroney hurt his shoulder in week 2 and was listed as “questionable shoulder” in Week 3, when he sat out. He returned to action in Week 5 after the Patriots’ bye and then went on the IR after week 6. The question here is; was the shoulder broken as Maroney says? At what point between games 2-5 did it break? The Pats only listed it as a “questionable”. Some people don’t like that he wasn’t listed as “injured” or disclosed the full nature of the injury. The Pats have plausible deniability because they can say “he broke it in week 5 and we put him on the IR, plus we listed him as questionable a few weeks before.”
If I’m a dbag, you are a clueless douchebag. By the way, I take what Florio says with a big-ass grain of salt (unlike you), because the majority of what he writes are (his) opinion pieces.
@VicksPuppies says:
September 18, 2009 2:03 PM
You have incorrect information – Pats have been penalized for injury report info. I believe it was actually Mr. Seymour that they got in trouble for a couple years back.
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That’s correct. the NFL fined BB for listing Richard Seymour as “probable” for a road game and then leaving him at home. BBs argument was that it was a coach’s decision to not play him rather than Seymour not being physically able to play (Seymour was cleared by the team doctors). The NFL said that this didn’t matter; you can’t list a player as probable and leave him at home even if it’s a coach’s decision. The coach’s decisions must be reflected in the injury report.
this really isnt news. the jets have been cheating regularly since before Parcells took over.
YOU JUST CAN T LET IT GO HUH. I DISAGREE WITH THE FINE THE LEAGUE GAVE, BUT WHY IN THE HELL DOES EVERY THING LEADS BACK TO FAVRE AND THE JETS.
MACNABB GOT HURT, FLORIO WHAT DO YOU THINK.
FLORIO NATURAL RESPONSE:WELL AT LEAST THE EAGLES PUT HIM ON THE INJURY REPORT UNLIKE SOME TEAM IN NEWYORK WHO WEARS THE SAME COLORS.
Come on, MattMoore…
Florio would be too busy stirring up a QB controversy that doesn’t exist, suggesting that the Giants, Cowboys and Skins are all better teams, or egging on the Michael Vick haters on the site if the Eagles were mentioned. Bad example.
What every nfl fan needs to know.
What is the fine for not paying for water.