Comments on: Eagles’ DeSean Jackson, Ravens’ Cary Williams fined $10,000 each

By: ooops11

ooops11 — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:29:01 +0000

Out of a $9 Million dollar contract, 10k is .001%.

If you make 50k a year, .001 is a $50. That’s a soft traffic fine.

They’ll get over it.

By: jsrdc

jsrdc — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:31:08 +0000

Jackson throwing a “punch”? Seriously? More like a slap from a 3 yr old school girl from that video feed on youtube.

That 160 lb (when soaking wet) punk does one thing well – run – which includes running his mouth. That little b**ch better watch himself, because if his hot-headed actions are going to cause him to break a nail, let alone break a bone in his hand, that diva is out on a 4-6week spa hiatus.

This punk hasn’t had a TD catch since 2010 – I guess I can’t blame him for being all butt-hurt about zero TD’s in far too long but throwing a punch at somebody as a result is yet another example of him needing to seriously grow up.

The funniest part of the whole play was him being dragged around like a rag doll at the end of it all by the Ravens #97 Jones. Too hilarious….

By: Mchool42

Mchool42 — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:55:15 +0000

If anybody should have been fined, it was Ed Reed for his dirty shot on the Eagles C.

By: dannythebisforbeast

dannythebisforbeast — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:50:56 +0000

Retired player programs? Wonder if that includes concussion lawsuits or simply retired players with health problems cases by too many hits. If so they are bankrolling that lawsuit weekly

By: jimnaizeeum

jimnaizeeum — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:26:03 +0000

t16rich says:
Sep 22, 2012 6:25 PM
Is there a charity that all of this fine money goes to? Or does Roger just get it as a bonus?
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Here you go:
All on field fine money collected by the NFL is used for charitable purposes. These funds have been used to support retired player programs, including the NFL Player Care Foundation and NFLPA Players Assistance Trust; disaster relief initiatives; and health-related charities.

By: seabreezes51

seabreezes51 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:22:57 +0000

Ed Reed, with all of those knee shots deserves a bit more than a fine.

By: dannythebisforbeast

dannythebisforbeast — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:22:27 +0000

The league is a joke. Fines should be for outside the boundaries stuff not pushing an shoving or trying to make a hit unless its obscenely dirty play. These guys get hit every week for almost nothing

By: macbull

macbull — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:11:43 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if the NFL stopped this practice of handing out fines to players for “playing football”?

For the players, it must seem crazy to be fined because you might have hit someone too hard or not exactly where the commissioner prefers.

By: harrisonhits2

harrisonhits2 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:55:33 +0000

“winskins says:
Sep 22, 2012 5:31 PM
Hmm…$43,625 per game, sixteen games per week, sixteen week season…that’s $11.1 mill per year in the NFL’s pocket, if he can just stick to that average.”

Umm the only “pockets” the fines go into are the charities the fines are donated to. At least know what you’re talking about if you’re going to criticize something.

There also aren’t 16 games every week as once the bye weeks start there are fewer games each week.

By: nickynick04

nickynick04 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:37:27 +0000

The Eagles aka The Dynasty…according to Vick
will be feared !

By: lionhunter909

lionhunter909 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:27:08 +0000

It just seems like there are more and more fines every week and every year. The NFL is becoming a police state. It’s like Roger Goodell must feel he isn’t doing his job if he’s not fining at least 40 or 50 players every week. What a friggin’ joke……

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:25:46 +0000

And nothing for the Rvens DL that yanked DeSean down from behind at the end of the scuffle?

By: t16rich

t16rich — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:25:18 +0000

Is there a charity that all of this fine money goes to? Or does Roger just get it as a bonus?

By: rollore

rollore — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:16:11 +0000

And what about the several times Vick was taken down at the knees on late hits?

At least I’m seeing the refs letting the players play. Shoot now, fine later.

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:05:06 +0000

The game is becoming a joke with these new refs. I just don’t understand what the NFL is trying to prove. These games are terrible to watch.

By: kevo126

kevo126 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:04:21 +0000

jenkins was pushed/crushed into the end zone by yanda on the leach td. afer the play, jenkings took a cheap shot on yanda so yanda retaliated.

By: easternshoresfinest

easternshoresfinest — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:59:45 +0000

those refs should be fined for the way they called that game.

By: laeaglefan

laeaglefan — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:54:30 +0000

“Jackson is becoming predictable… ! Him and vick are two of a kind.”

Not quite…..Jackson hasn’t killed any dogs, that we know of anyway.

By: willardj

willardj — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:53:04 +0000

People who comment on these threads act like they live in poverty. Chances are if you have enough extra money to afford luxuries like cable TV and buy NFL tickets, you aren’t doing too bad. So stop complaining about how much a player makes.

By: ahostiletakeover

ahostiletakeover — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:47:21 +0000

Too little too late league, but thanks anyway. Next time you have two players throwing punches at eachother like Williams and Jackson were, teach you replacements to eject them instead of letting them get away with it. The rest of both teams saw that and that game quickly escalated into a two ring circus (the three ring act would come Monday night when Ray Edwards should have been ejected for flinging that ref away from the pile). And a memo saying “respect our substitutes” isn’t going to do jack until players start feeling the consequences IN the games when their teammates need them most.

By: adamjt13

adamjt13 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:45:52 +0000

>> “Also what’s up with these fine numbers? $7875?”

All of the minimum fines increased by 5 percent over last season. So a $7,500 fine last season is a $7,875 fine this season. A $20,000 fine last season is now $21,000, and so forth.

By: remok9

remok9 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:39:29 +0000

Yes these two knuckles heads deserved their fines.

But it seems players in the Lingerie Football League are allowed to hit more than today’s NFL players. Gotta love the NFL “will fine you for hits” but still sell ‘NFL’s Greatest Hits’ videos/dvds.

By: tigrrrr

tigrrrr — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:35:25 +0000

Jackson is becoming predictable… ! Him and vick are two of a kind.

By: winskins

winskins — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:31:22 +0000

Hmm…$43,625 per game, sixteen games per week, sixteen week season…that’s $11.1 mill per year in the NFL’s pocket, if he can just stick to that average.

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:28:34 +0000

I know I’m not getting paid millions to play a sport, but if I had a job that fined me to do my job I’d seriously quit.

Also what’s up with these fine numbers? $7875? Who determines that number? That’s such a weird number for a fine, why not just make it divisible by 100 and make it easy on everyone.

By: pottymouth777

pottymouth777 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:27:32 +0000

Does someone that makes over $9,000,000 / year care about $10,000?

By: jimnaizeeum

jimnaizeeum — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:26:24 +0000

Anyone get fined for the two, 2 minute warnings in that game?