Total $130,000 Fines Handed Out

[NorthCoast]

between PIT-CIN players from last week's game....

Charities will have a nice Christmas this year.........

[RuthlessBurgher]

NFL reminds teams of importance of sportsmanship in postseason

Posted by Mike Florio on January 6, 2016, 5:30 PM EST


The playoffs begin in three days. Millions will be watching each of the 11 games. The NFL, keenly aware of that fact, has made the teams keenly aware of the expectations regarding behavior.




“As you well know, there is no better time to be playing football than during our playoffs,” NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent said in a memo issued to all coaches and General Managers. “As we work together, we will continue striving to represent the NFL’s key values — respect, resiliency, integrity and responsibility to team.


“Your team is competing as one of the best in the world at what you do. With the nation and fans around the world watching, we are reminded of the responsibility we share to demonstrate the highest standards of sportsmanship and respect for the game, each other, the officials and the fans. Emotions will run high, but no emotion should give way to demeaning or offensive words or actions. Our rules prohibiting fighting, illegal hits, and abusive language will be strictly enforced.”


It’s an important reminder, especially with the Steelers and Bengals due to tangle for a third time this season on Saturday night. A week before the Panthers-Giants debacle in Week 15, the NFL was upset with the manner in which Steelers and Bengals players conducted themselves during a game at Cincinnati.


The real question is whether game officials, already reluctant to potentially affect competitive balance by ejecting players, will be willing to strictly enforce these expectations. Here’s hoping that they will; everything becomes magnified in the NFL’s postseason, including the embarrassments.


[URL]http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/06/nfl-reminds-teams-of-importance-of-sportsmanship-in-postseason/[/URL]

[RuthlessBurgher]

Mike Munchak says fine for pulling Reggie Nelson’s hair was rescinded
Posted by Josh Alper on March 14, 2016, 11:05 AM EDT


After the Bengals lost to the Steelers in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, the NFL suspended Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict three games for repeated violations of the league’s rules on player safety and fined other players and a pair of Steelers coaches for their actions during the game.


Among those fines was a $10,000 penalty for Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak for pulling Bengals safety Reggie Nelson’s hair at the end of a play that saw Nelson run onto the Steelers sideline while pursuing running back Jordan Todman.


On Sunday, Munchak was in Houston for a Special Olympics event and Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports that he said the league “has rescinded my fine after reviewing the video.” The NFL has not confirmed any change to the fine handed down in January.


Bengals cornerback Adam Jones was initially fined $28,940 for making contact with an official while jawing with Steelers assistant Joey Porter, but that fine was reduced to $12,500 on appeal. Porter was fined $10,000 for being on the field after Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was knocked out by the Burfict hit that led to his suspension. Burfict’s appeal was denied and there’s been no word of any alteration to Porter’s penalty.

[URL]http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/14/mike-munchak-says-fine-for-pulling-reggie-nelsons-hair-was-rescinded/[/URL]

[Slapstick]

As it should have been...

[squidkid]

now rescind porter's