Archive Another sideline incident in the NFL

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sportchampps

Posts: 7,361

Dec 19, 2010 11:57pm

This is probably worse then the jets one but i do think he acted alone and didnt have it planned out like the jets (forming a wall)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Video-Another-sideline-tripping-incident-earns-?urn=nfl-297986

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WebFire

Posts: 14,779

Dec 20, 2010 9:28am

Should be suspended the rest of the season. That is 100% thugism.

Skyhook79

Posts: 5,739

Dec 20, 2010 9:55am

Makes what the Jets coach did seem trivial.

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Nate

Posts: 3,949

Dec 20, 2010 5:01pm

$15,000 for that? Com'on that's worse than a James Harrison shot by far.

Sykotyk

Posts: 1,155

Dec 20, 2010 5:21pm

Suspended for the season. Unnecessary interference with the play. Attempt to injure. Disrupt a live game when not being part of the play.

This was heinous.

royal_k

Posts: 4,423

Dec 20, 2010 5:35pm

Yeah.....this one is worse, and it's not even close. If the trainer is suspended, how do you not suspend this guy? Total BS

oberhaus

Posts: 868

Dec 20, 2010 5:35pm

I dont have a problem with forming a wall and not moving. I do have a issue with the tripping on purpose and for sure this action by the Carolina guy. Thats just stupid. But the wall thing by the Jets is ok by me. Gunners should have to stay in bounds. But dont trip the dude on purpose.

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Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Dec 20, 2010 5:36pm

The fine was issued on Friday but was not made public.

It wasn't made public? Are the league offices turning into the Nixon White House? If there was ever any doubt that the league is more interested in the perception of caring about player safety rather than the practice of it, this is it. The NFL made a big to-do about Sal Alosi and issued him a harsh punishment befitting that outrage. Brayton does something that's much worse and much more dirty (he ran over to play and threw an elbow) and the league tries a Friday news dump and issues a nominal fine?

Brayton was forced to pay $15,000 from his $2.2 million salary, while Alosi earned a suspension for the rest of the season and a $25,000 fine. And he makes a normal salary as a strength and conditioning coach, not the millions Brayton does. That's pure and utter hypocrisy. (Throw in the fact that Brayton has a past history of dirty play and it's even worse. In 2006 he was fined $25,000 for kneeing another player in the groin.)

I do find it interesting that the event that happened on national television and had that game's commentators highlighting the Alosi trip and condemning it right when it happened was made into this huge "we can not condone this" deal that got the coach fined and suspended indefinitely...but this instance, which apparently wasn't noticed by the guys doing the game if the story broke just yesterday, gets covered over with a tiny fine and no real action.

The NFL: Where we care about player safety...at least when there are big headlines concerning it.

Tiger2003

Posts: 15,421

Dec 20, 2010 5:55pm

Thug!

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justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Dec 20, 2010 10:59pm

So much for the Jets being the dirtiest organization on the planet. Alosi's incident was child's play compared to this and he got penalized HARD in comparison.

Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Dec 20, 2010 11:38pm

^^
That's why the refs won the game for you. Their way to "behind-the-scenes" make things cool.

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Dec 20, 2010 11:50pm

Heretic;608871 wrote:^^
That's why the refs won the game for you. Their way to "behind-the-scenes" make things cool.

That sounds rights.

Sykotyk

Posts: 1,155

Dec 20, 2010 11:52pm

The problem with this is that the players association has a contract with the league. There is no such CBA for trainers and assistants. Hence the much more public and harsh punishment. I think the league has tried to brush this under the rug because they are simply restricted in how severe the punishment can be.