So remember when that Sal Alosi, New York Jets strength and conditioning coach, decided it would be funny to trip the Miami Dolphins player near the sideline? That was pretty cool. Alosi earned himself a suspension for the rest of the year and a $25,000 fine. In case you were wondering, strength and conditioning coaches make a regular salary, not the millions the players make, but so be it - pay the price for your actions, no?
Fast forward to last Friday when the NFL quietly issued a $15,000 find to Tyler Brayton of the Carolina Panthers for this move here:
$15,000!?! Brayton makes $2.2 million dollars a year, plus this one looks much worse and just dirty - he has to move pretty quickly to get to the scene of the crime in time to drop a people's elbow on a member of the Atlanta Falcons. Here's the catch: the fine wasn't made public.
So let's get this straight: Roger Goodell will sit with Bob Costas before Sunday Night Football and assure everyone that every single measure is being taken regarding player safety, that the "new" rules about hard hits and other safety measures are being put in place because that's what the league really cares about, but then when a player does something this egregious, there's a line item in the news bullets and a nominal fine? By the way, this isn't exactly Brayton's first offense either.
Hey Alosi, enjoy sitting on your couch for the rest of the year, while Brayton makes it rain elbows down in Carolina on the sidelines. Fair? I think not.
Source: Yahoo!Sports: Shutdown Corner blog
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