> TheBrownsBoss wrote:

>> "Tony" nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:PvednV08Xr48cxjYnZ2dnUVZ_rqhnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>> Zandig wrote:

>>>> http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697585
>>>>
>>>> Porter's mouth getting him in trouble again.
>>>> Politically correct bullshit.
>>>>
>>>> Winslow is still a FAG, in my opinion.

>>> 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...
>>>
>>>

>>
>> 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.

>
>
> 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..