The-Hogs.net - Washington Football Discussion, Redskins to Commanders Era

Having the week off, no Redskins players got fined this round by the league office. But the commish and his boys were busy little beavers again. By my count, they tapped players to the tune of 90,000 dollars. Now I understand that we don't want guys getting hurt, and fines certainly get your attention as a player, but it certainly feels like they are trying too hard. These morbidly obese fines (15-25 large) should be reserved for FLAGRANT violations. Only one of three fines levied against Skins players last week should have been. Heck, the other two shouldn't have even been flagged. Additionally, the fine should be scaled to the player's wage. A hungry young player trying to impress coaches so he can get the big contract some day gets hurt a lot by a 20 grand setback, where the guy who's already there barely notices. And what do they do with that cash anyway? Party fund? Commissioner's personal retirement fund? Anyway, with our studly defense, I'm sure Redskins players will continue to be told to ante up. I just hope they wait till after I'm dead and gone to hand out the pink flags.

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I have no problem with the NFL "fines" - they really don't hurt the players financially & the money goes to the NFL veterans fund

no worries here

SkinsJock wrote:I have no problem with the NFL "fines" - they really don't hurt the players financially & the money goes to the NFL veterans fund

no worries here

If someone took one of my pay checks (1/26th) of annual income it would hurt me. And I guarantee that when Niles Paul took a hit for more than 1/20th of his annual income for doing what he is paid to do I'm sure out hurt.

The commissioner is gone crazy as a loon! He needs to stop this ludicrous fine rampage he is on before he destroys the NFL.

He is quickly becoming the Soup Nazi of the NFL. No soup four you. And when I say soup, I mean paycheck. Because some players are essentially losing s game check for playing within the rules. Some are playing slightly outside of the rules, but aren't trying to hurt anyone and aren't doing things that should be fined at all.

15-25K for a marginally illegal hit is just simply not fair and will eventually have negative impacts to this game we love.

Heck Darryl Young already said he didn't block a guy because he was afraid of getting fined again.

I think it can also go to any charitable fund you choose as well as long as it's a non-profit. I believe a lot of guys donate to their own charity fund and keep in mind donations are tax deductions .

SkinsJock wrote:I have no problem with the NFL "fines" - they really don't hurt the players financially & the money goes to the NFL veterans fund

no worries here

Some players do get hurt....

A $20,000 fine isn't insignificant for any player, and even less so for one making the rookie minimum since a weekly game check wouldn't cover that.

It's even less insignificant for a practice squad player, who only makes $5,700 a week.

That's what linebacker Mike Lockley is facing if he can't get his fine reduced on appeal. Lockley was fined $20,000 for a hit on a Patriots receiver in the Jaguars first preseason game.

He'll have a hearing for that fine this week, and the league can't start collecting the fine until after the hearing. Since the fine exceeds 25 percent of Lockley's weekly check, he can argue that it's excessive in his appeal.

Had Lockley been waived and out of football, the NFL wouldn't have collected that $20,000 fine. But since Lockley made the practice squad, he's still responsible for it.

According to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, the fine will be deducted from Lockley's check in $2,500 installments, after taxes. To reach $20,000 that will take eight weeks.

If they want any claim to being "fair", the fines should be defined as a percentage of salary, not a fixed sum. 20k might represent 6% of annual income to one player, and less than 1/10% to another. Do they get to choose where it goes? Never heard that before. Better than most scenarios I'd imagined.