If you keep getting speeding tickets, the fines are escalated and you eventually lose your license.

If you continue to get fined in the NFL, the fines are escalated and eventually you can be suspended.

That’s what we commonly refer to as… justice. No Communist ‘wage scale’ penalties required.

Semantics, you’re trying to justify illegal, unnecessary, and dangerous hits, just because people get hurt sometimes. Should we outlaw all movement, because there’s a chance you could get hit by a bus walking down the street?

1. Ahh, so it isn’t about you wanting to see them hurt, it’s more about you being jealous that they get paid more than you do, and you want to see them pay for that. Gotcha. Real stand-up logic you have there.

2. There are risks in everything, Football is no different. Does that mean that once the play is over, the ball is out of X persons hands, there should be a free for all, where any kind of contact is permissible? Technically speaking, the hits Suh and Lockley laid down, weren’t even part of the game.

3. Who said I didn’t have compassion for them? This is a discussion about football, so maybe that’s why we’re not discussing other injuries in other daily activities/sports/jobs. I know it’s difficult, but try to remain focused on the issue at hand.

4. Make me. Bottom line, they got fined, rightfully so. And no matter how much jealousy or anger you have towards it, is going to change it. I win, you lose.

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So I guess it’s safe to assume that you are ignorant of the fact that this is how traffic fines actually are levied in Norway.

Why should a rich person be allowed to speed whenever he wants just because he can pay the fine with pocket change, whereas a poor person that has a lapse in judgement could be potentially bankrupted by the same fine? Making the punishment fit the crime means that a fine must be proportional to an individual’s income. Otherwise, it is a laughable slap on the wrist in one instance, and an eggregious miscarriage of justice in another.

I have a NOVEL idea… if you’re making MINIMUM wage, be much more careful NOT to get fined??? Why do you need a controlled welfare program for NFL players?

Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay the FINE!!!
Do the crime and get the fine – don’t WHINE!!!

Next you people will say that jail terms should be predicated on age… when commiting the same crime, a younger convict should have a longer term than an older one, because the younger is more able to ‘pay’.

The logic not only escapes me, it’s ludicrous.

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Horsecrap. Nobody wants to see someone else get hurt. People get hurt playing football without even getting hit. Should we just outlaw the sport?

Some points to consider….

1. These guys get paid more than most people. Even the rookie minimum is well above the nations average income level.

2. To my knowledge, nobody is holding a gun to their heads and making them play in the NFL. They know the risks, risks THEY are willing to accept in exchange for a healthy paycheck and a chance to win a Super Bowl.

3. Peoples bodies get ruined in many other professions, without those folks getting near the compensation football players do. Where is your concern and compassion for them?

4. Shut up already….

Same goes for rich people and speeding tickets. Why stop speeding if it is a $300 fine? No reason. This is what jail is for.

We have a system currently in place, it is called taxes. The rich do pay more (surprising, right?) because they make more. The fines should follow a similar example. When it comes to speeding tickets (an example previously mentioned), it does not take away ONE SIXTEENTH of your salary, even if you make minimum wage. Players should be fined according to a percentage of their salary, among other things, to make the situation fair to all.

Is it % of base salary OR % of base salary + % potential bonus OR % base salary + % actual earned bonus OR % of severity OR % of actual damage in lieu of appearance OR % perception of the incident + % for repeat offender OR % of potential damage + % of player lost revenue / number of games of the remaining season for both players… OR should we start using a modified richtor scale to measure tremors of players hitting the ground or velocity and impact meters?

For Footballs sake… c’mon, where does it end?

I can’t stand watching as people try to legislate every facet of something like this in an attempt to reach some fantasy level playing field.
Is this NFL Communism?

Lifes not fair – we do the best we can with what we have.

PS – it wasn’t a bad hit AT ALL… I say that as a truly impartial Lions fan.

- A percentage of their salary.

- The importance of both players involved. That should account for the low-pay guy headhunting.

- If the inflicted player misses any game time. The giver should miss double the amount of time. If it is career-ending, set a limit.

- Teams should be fined the same as the player, but with an extra zero.

Fining him isn’t going to make a difference. The team will be pissed if he’s unable to play and they will put a stop to his actions.