Troy Polamalu: NFL Getting Stupider and Stupider With Their Fines

October 23, 2011   ·   Kraig Lundberg   ·   Jump to comments

This just in: The NFL is going way, way overboard with fines.
Commissioner Rodger Goodell has been stressing injury prevention heavily recently, and multiple fines for late hits and helmet-to-helmet hits have been issued over the past couple of seasons.
While many of these fines were reasonable and deserved, a few others have been seemingly unnecessary or overboard. Many times those decisions come down to opinion.
However, the fine Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu received for making a call on the sideline after getting a concussion proves that the fining has gone way too far.
According to the ESPN story, Polamalu was fined $10,000 for calling his wife on the sideline after receiving a mild concussion against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
There is a rule against having cell phones on the sideline "beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game." However, head coach Mike Tomlin said Polamalu's call was from a trainer's phone, and said he hoped he wou...

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