Comments on: Griffin fined $10,000 for post-game attire in Week 14

By: londonfletcher59

londonfletcher59 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:22:38 +0000

#conormacleod

He’s not going to get kicked out of the NFL for not adhering to the dress code. If the maximum amount of punishment you received from your job was a day on the street without pay and you were getting paid 3x that much by another company to wear their clothes to your work, who would also compensate you for your days worth of lost pay, you can bet your bottom dollar you would gladly take that day on the street.

By: swu32733

swu32733 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:51:03 +0000

Imagine doing an un swoosh thing like that.

By: rudeboy6969

rudeboy6969 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:45:40 +0000

If it’s arule then it should be followed, plain and simple,If they get paid to wear NIKE then they wear NIKE,rules are rules and some atheletes think they are above them so we have to make sure the NFL shows them they don’t run the NFL as much as they would like to so it was a simple answer!

By: starchybunker

starchybunker — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:29:13 +0000

good pub for addias, as I’m sure some of his fans perhaps weren’t even aware he had a sponsorship with that company and are probably now looking at their website for additional RG3 items for Christmas shopping…I’d never even heard of Vitamin Water before Urlacher/Super Bowl…

By: jag8r904

jag8r904 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:24:58 +0000

So prior to the fine adidas had one ad at the press conference now they have ads from every publication that reports this. Is the NFL really helping Nike or their own cause by doing this?

By: noring4youstill

noring4youstill — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:18:28 +0000

That’s cause who the hell still knows what Starter is?

By: chad504boy

chad504boy — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:12:21 +0000

There’s a rob Parker black punch line somewhere in this!

By: brokentreehousemusic

brokentreehousemusic — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:41:39 +0000

Nice work the league office has done this year. Really keeping things classy and in perspective.

By: mb2020

mb2020 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:15:54 +0000

Wow, and Tom Brady doesn’t get fined for wearing UnderArmor shoes during a game?

By: bduncanscott

bduncanscott — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:15:16 +0000

F’n BS again! If a player is not fined for wearing a designer suit at a post game interview then no way in hell Rg should be fined for what he wore. SOOOOOOO tired of this crap as a fan I realy HATE what the NFL organization is today! NFL is now a BAD word

By: rg3andout

rg3andout — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:37:22 +0000

so he cant wear his carleton sweaters anymore?

By: cmstrick

cmstrick — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:33:50 +0000

$10,000? I’d be surprised if that was a tenth of the money he’s getting from Adidas.

Heck, I’d be surprised if Adidas didn’t pay this fine for him.

By: nofunleague

nofunleague — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:29:16 +0000

I think it’s amazing that the Premier Soccer League allows its players to wear whatever shoes they want during all games and the NoFunLeague is worried about a silly hat. Also the shoes all have to be of a team color. Is this the NFL or the Rockettes? PSL have a much bigger audience and they aren’t worried. and as was said before Adidas will pay the fine. NFL get over yourself.

By: cornholebrother

cornholebrother — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:23:36 +0000

It’s not Simple. He just had his knee wrapped around a 325 lb man. He normally wears a suit to a presser but he could not fit his suit pants around the brace he was wearing. This is another case of the NFL fine you first and look at the facts later………

By: PhantomsToenail

PhantomsToenail — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:55:28 +0000

Considering the League doesn’t collect even half the fines they levy, and the contract he has, I really don’t think he cares about it.

By: conormacleod

conormacleod — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:45:06 +0000

It’s simple. Follow the rules of your employer or get a new job. I have a dress policy at work. Most of us do.

By: mnpacker

mnpacker — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:38:41 +0000

Adidas and Vitamin water don’t mind paying a couple fines

By: dmadras

dmadras — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:35:28 +0000

They should fine him for wearing that redic arm band while there’re at it!

By: sethandfalon

sethandfalon — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:15:12 +0000

Illini–You do have a point using common sense. The fine schedules were negotiated in the CBA so the players association agreed to those terms. Players themselves might not like it, but sponsors have the $ and the league and wouldn’t be the same without them, so their interests are obviously important to the league. Player safety fines seem like more of a PR exercise to show the league’s disapproval for safety issues.

By: mb7756

mb7756 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:09:36 +0000

Adidas probably paid RGIII $20,000 to wear that gear and pickup a $10,000 fine.

By: montero747

montero747 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:04:15 +0000

If you notice, Romo doesn’t wear a Starter hat on the sidelines during games or post game press conferences. Not sure what the apparel rules are in the locker room or practices. Also, notice that Brady and Roethlisberger cover up the logo on their wrist coach. They prefer a non-approved NFL one.

By: nyjets1017

nyjets1017 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:56:38 +0000

I’m sure adidas took care of the bill.

By: dbarnes79

dbarnes79 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:56:22 +0000

Probably gets covered by Adidas.

By: ss1982

ss1982 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:52:33 +0000

Isn’t the press rgiii gives Nike after being fined more advertising than if he didn’t cover up the swoosh?

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:51:31 +0000

RG3 wearing that Adidas gear to one press conference probably brought in well above 10k.
Adidas will pay his fine. Probably already did. Up front. This was obviously planned on thier part.

By: nemesder

nemesder — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:47:54 +0000

I bet addidas was like wear this out there and we’ll compensate you for the fine

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:47:06 +0000

Big deal…..Adidas and Vitamin Water probably each paid Griffin/Urlacher 10x more than the fine anyway.

By: larryboodry

larryboodry — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:43:41 +0000

Brian Urlacher in 2007: “I don’t care about the NFL apparel agreement.”

By: gurnblanstonreturns

gurnblanstonreturns — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:43:28 +0000

John Mara must get a kickback from Nike. The Mara Football League rolls on. Just surprised Baby John didn’t suspend RGIII for the year. Wellington rolls over in his grave. Hail!

By: illiniftw

illiniftw — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:36:03 +0000

Scramble somebody’s brains = $10-20k fine

Wear wrong hat =$100k fine

The NFL care more for player or sponsor safety?