| Re: NFL fines Porter $10K for comments to Winslow |
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Group: alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers · Group Profile
Author: TonyTony Date: Dec 18, 2006 03:03
TheBrownsBoss wrote:
> "Tony" nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:PvednV08Xr48cxjYnZ2dnUVZ_rqhnZ2d@giganews.com...>> Zandig wrote:
>> So calling someone a name is worth a 10k fine.. How much do you think TO
>> will get for spitting in Hall's face? It will be 'interesting' to see how
>> they handle that one in comparison to this...
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> It's hard to compare the two. The spit in the face came in the heat of the
> game and was directed at an opposing player during the game. Porter's
> comments came after the game in the face of the media. And while he was
> directing them at one player (after the game), he was insulting a whole
> group of people and reflecting badly not only on himself and his team, but
> was embarrassing the NFL too, hence the fine. Winslow was also fined $5k
> for the late hit on Farrior, which he should have been.
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I believe that what TO did was far worse.. Joey P called someone a
'name'.. big deal.. When you were growing up and someone called you a
name, what did your parents tell you to do? Ignore it.. "Sticks and
Stones... " and all that..
We also do not have any idea what was being said between the two during
the game. This is a case of game-time trash talk getting out of hand and
Porter not knowing when to shut up.
Should he have been fined? Yep.. What he did was wrong.. But I do not
think it rises to to severity of what TO did.. Lord knows where TO has
'been'.. In today's day and age of incurable diseases, the spitting on
someone is far worse than any name-calling.. I also believe it is far
easier for Winslow to 'shake off' being called a name, than it is for
Hall to 'shake off' the memory of being spit on. The latter was a much
more severe and much more personal insult.
TO also reflected badly on his team and himself, and damaged the image
of and embarrassed a whole group of people (The NFL).
I may be mistaken, but isn't this the second time he has done this? I
seem to remember someone doing this early in the 05 season, I thought it
was him.. I think, whoever it was, was caught by the official and only
received an 'Unsportsmanlike Conduct' during the game..
His fine/punishment should be, at least, as severe as Porter's. imho..
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