The fine on James Harrison is a joke

**BallU13** · 12-02-10, 02:09 AM

NFL is slowly going to start losing fans if they keep this stuff up. More PC bullshit=less fans.

**dfberger23** · 12-02-10, 02:10 AM

Originally posted by CreaturE

This is absolutely not a joke! Are you kidding me?! He deserved that!!!! BS post.

Yea, tackling people is bad.

**MStein12** · 12-02-10, 02:40 AM

Originally posted by WvGambler

James Harrison is a woman beater....but thats par for the course in Steeler town these days

yea he beats up all your bitch ass teams

**marcoloco** · 12-02-10, 02:46 AM

is this the 1st fine harrison isnt complaining on?

**jizay** · 12-02-10, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by Scorpion

The reasoning for the Harrison fine...

The reason given fore the fine might be the most absurd thing so far.

"James Harrison was fined $25,000 for roughing the passer, specifically he made helmet contact to the chest of the Buffalo quarterback, who was in a defenseless position at the time the contact was made," the NFL said in an e-mail Tuesday to The Associated Press.

Exactly. How many tackles per game involve helmet contact to the body? Every time the quarterback is hit when throwing he is defenseless. Totally absurd, he is being targeted based on reputation.

**jizay** · 12-02-10, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by Scorpion

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5871501
Hines Ward lashes out at NFL

Good article. Points out the inconsistency with which players are protected. Same game as the Harrison hit, two players twist Roethlisberger's head on the ground while his leg is pinned and literally injure him. Nothing from the league. Can anyone honestly say that if P. Manning were in a walking boot this week because of a similar play that the league wouldn't be taking action? They'd probably make a rule change.

**WvGambler** · 12-02-10, 11:23 AM

Originally posted by MStein12

yea he beats up all your bitch ass teams

And his girlfriend. Read up rookie.

**big0mar** · 12-02-10, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by jizay

Good article. Points out the inconsistency with which players are protected. Same game as the Harrison hit, two players twist Roethlisberger's head on the ground while his leg is pinned and literally injure him. Nothing from the league. Can anyone honestly say that if P. Manning were in a walking boot this week because of a similar play that the league wouldn't be taking action? They'd probably make a rule change.

There really isn't any inconsistency.

Lower your head when you tackle = fine

**Dark Horse** · 12-02-10, 02:30 PM

Lot of players unhappy with Goodell. Rightly so. The minimum contract in the NFL is 300K. Do you think such a player is ever going to risk getting a 50K penalty? There's no way. When in doubt, step aside. You see it all the time now that defenders don't even try to tackle. Goodell has changed the NFL into a joke. Once in a while there's still a good game, but that's in spite of Goodell, not because of him. The sooner he leaves the better.

**spurginobili** · 12-02-10, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by Dark Horse

Lot of players unhappy with Goodell. Rightly so. The minimum contract in the NFL is 300K. Do you think such a player is ever going to risk getting a 50K penalty? There's no way. When in doubt, step aside. You see it all the time now that defenders don't even try to tackle. Goodell has changed the NFL into a joke. Once in a while there's still a good game, but that's in spite of Goodell, not because of him. The sooner he leaves the better.

Yes.

Fines should be scaled as percentage of salary. Not all players earn millions.

**Reno Paul** · 12-02-10, 03:03 PM

The NFL is trying to pussify the game. BULLCHIT!

**jizay** · 12-02-10, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by big0mar

There really isn't any inconsistency.

Lower your head when you tackle = fine

Then why isn't every similar hit, and there are tons, fined? Why would Terrell Suggs, an opponent in a bitter Rivalry who they are about to face, say he's being targeted? There was nothing wrong with that hit, and almost every player or former player I've heard comment on it agrees. You can't hit the knees, you definitely can't hit the head, but if you lower your level to not hit the head you could make "helmet contact" with the chest. Absurd. The posters calling pussification are correct, but the pussification is definitely not consistent.

**SBR Lou** · 12-02-10, 05:49 PM

It will be interesting to see if offensive players are ever fined for lowering their heads and creating the helmet contact themselves.

**Scorpion** · 12-03-10, 01:03 PM

A clearer explanation of the fine.

A clearer explanation of the fine.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Am6PCzh6Mv2JNnLjK6zLPRQ5nYcB?slug=ap-steelers-defendingharrison

While the NFL threatened suspensions for repeat offenders when it began its stricter enforcement of player safety rules earlier this season, Harrison has not been suspended. League spokesman Michael Signora said there was no such penalty for the Fitzpatrick hit Sunday because it wasn’t flagrant.

“It was illegal because the initial contact with the defenseless quarterback’s chest was made with his helmet,” Signora said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “It was not a late hit. It was not a hit to the head. And he pulled off the quarterback when they hit the ground. Although it was not flagrant, as a multiple offender of the rules in this area, Harrison received a significant fine.”

**dfberger23** · 12-03-10, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by Scorpion

A clearer explanation of the fine.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Am6PCzh6Mv2JNnLjK6zLPRQ5nYcB?slug=ap-steelers-defendingharrison

While the NFL threatened suspensions for repeat offenders when it began its stricter enforcement of player safety rules earlier this season, Harrison has not been suspended. League spokesman Michael Signora said there was no such penalty for the Fitzpatrick hit Sunday because it wasn’t flagrant.

“It was illegal because the initial contact with the defenseless quarterback’s chest was made with his helmet,” Signora said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “It was not a late hit. It was not a hit to the head. And he pulled off the quarterback when they hit the ground. Although it was not flagrant, as a multiple offender of the rules in this area, Harrison received a significant fine.”

I bet none of these assholes handing out these fines have ever played football.

**Scorpion** · 12-03-10, 01:05 PM

League spokesman Michael Signora said:
its not a late hit
It was not a hit to the head.
he pulled off the quarterback when they hit the ground
it was not flagrant

Why does he think the QB was defenseless?
Thats ********

**eberetta1** · 12-03-10, 01:17 PM

I think a player learns not to tackle with his helmet, when he gets paralysed from doing it.

On the other side of the coin, how many sprinters win by a head, when you are accelerating it is almost impossible for the head not to be thrust forward. You get caught with your your head behind your legs and you will be flattened on your arse, mowed over by what feels like a freight train.