NFL will stop selling photos of 'illegal plays .... WTF ???

Betallsports · Oct 20, 2010

The NFL made a "mistake" having photos of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison's hit on Cleveland Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi available for sale through its website and will take the photos down, spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday.

Harrison was fined $75,000 for the hit. Pittsburgh television station KDKA first reported that the photos were for sale.
"We regret the mistake," Aiello said. "The photos will be taken down and we will ensure that no photos of illegal plays will be available again. An outside vendor uses an automated process to post photos for sale to fans. We will fix the process immediately."

The NFL is cracking down on illegal hits to the head, vowing to suspend players for infractions starting with this weekend's games.
In the past, players were either fined or ejected for illegal hits. However, after the series of recent flagrant tackles, several of which resulted in concussions, the NFL ramped up the punishment.

Football operations chief Ray Anderson indicated the suspensions could start immediately -- that is, involving play from last weekend's games. However, Aiello said the league wanted to give teams fair warning and would send a memo Wednesday, outlining the changes.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5706132

Betallsports · Oct 20, 2010

jonnyangel · Oct 20, 2010

thats messed up...they already fine the player and make money off him that way, then they sell pictures of him doing what he was fined for and make more money...geez

jonnyangel · Oct 20, 2010

and now the guy is thinking about retiring......

By Adam Schefter
ESPN

The Pittsburgh Steelers excused James Harrison from practice Wednesday as the Pro Bowl linebacker contemplated retirement, according to his agent.
Harrison's agent Bill Parise said Wednesday his client is "very serious" about retiring after getting fined $75,000 for a hit that knocked Mohamed Massaquoi out of the Steelers' win over the Cleveland Browns. Harrison met Wednesday with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who excused his linebacker from the Steelers preparations for Sunday's game against the Dolphins.

"We wouldn't joke about this," Parise said. "This is a very serious issue. James is very concerned about how to play football. If James is going to be fined $75,000 for making a legal tackle, then how do you go play football? It's quite frustrating to James, to Coach [Mike] Tomlin, to me, to everybody."

Asked how real these retirement threats were, Parise said, "We're working very hard to make sure that we make good decisions."
Asked if Harrison would return to the Steelers on Thursday or even at all this week, Parise said, "I sure hope so."

Harrison said Tuesday on Fox Sports Radio's "Into The Night with Tony Bruno" that he might consider retirement.

"I'm going to sit down and have a serious conversation with my coach tomorrow and see if I can actually play by NFL rules and still be effective," Harrison told guest host Judy McDonald. "If not, I may have to give up playing football."

Harrison was not penalized on the plays that resulted in Massaquoi and Josh Cribbs leaving the game with concussions.

The hit on Cribbs was deemed a legal hit because Cribbs, running out of the Wildcat formation, was a runner in possession of the ball. Harrison's head-first hit of Massaquoi during a pass attempt drew the fine.

"I really truly hope it's something that can be done," said Harrison, a three-time Pro Bowl selection who was named The Associated Press' defensive player of the year in 2008. "But the way that things were being explained to me today and the reasoning for it, I don't feel I can continue to play and be effective and, like I say, not have to worry about injuring someone else or risking injury to myself."

Massaquoi's agent, Brian Ayrault, didn't think the league was tough enough on Harrison.

"Harrison has made $20 million over the past three years, and they only fined him $75,000?" he said. "To me, that's not going to be a deterrent. The Browns are probably going to be without a starter this week. I don't think that fine is a deterrent or fair to competitive balance.

"The punishment did not fit the crime."

Adam Schefter is ESPN's NFL Insider. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

hosnatcher · Oct 20, 2010

jonnyangel said:
and now the guy is thinking about retiring......

By Adam Schefter
ESPN

The Pittsburgh Steelers excused James Harrison from practice Wednesday as the Pro Bowl linebacker contemplated retirement, according to his agent.
Harrison's agent Bill Parise said Wednesday his client is "very serious" about retiring after getting fined $75,000 for a hit that knocked Mohamed Massaquoi out of the Steelers' win over the Cleveland Browns. Harrison met Wednesday with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who excused his linebacker from the Steelers preparations for Sunday's game against the Dolphins.

"We wouldn't joke about this," Parise said. "This is a very serious issue. James is very concerned about how to play football. If James is going to be fined $75,000 for making a legal tackle, then how do you go play football? It's quite frustrating to James, to Coach [Mike] Tomlin, to me, to everybody."

Asked how real these retirement threats were, Parise said, "We're working very hard to make sure that we make good decisions."
Asked if Harrison would return to the Steelers on Thursday or even at all this week, Parise said, "I sure hope so."

Harrison said Tuesday on Fox Sports Radio's "Into The Night with Tony Bruno" that he might consider retirement.

"I'm going to sit down and have a serious conversation with my coach tomorrow and see if I can actually play by NFL rules and still be effective," Harrison told guest host Judy McDonald. "If not, I may have to give up playing football."

Harrison was not penalized on the plays that resulted in Massaquoi and Josh Cribbs leaving the game with concussions.

The hit on Cribbs was deemed a legal hit because Cribbs, running out of the Wildcat formation, was a runner in possession of the ball. Harrison's head-first hit of Massaquoi during a pass attempt drew the fine.

"I really truly hope it's something that can be done," said Harrison, a three-time Pro Bowl selection who was named The Associated Press' defensive player of the year in 2008. "But the way that things were being explained to me today and the reasoning for it, I don't feel I can continue to play and be effective and, like I say, not have to worry about injuring someone else or risking injury to myself."

Massaquoi's agent, Brian Ayrault, didn't think the league was tough enough on Harrison.

"Harrison has made $20 million over the past three years, and they only fined him $75,000?" he said. "To me, that's not going to be a deterrent. The Browns are probably going to be without a starter this week. I don't think that fine is a deterrent or fair to competitive balance.

"The punishment did not fit the crime."

Adam Schefter is ESPN's NFL Insider. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

He is looking for sympathy and pity. How many times has your job made changes that you didn't like and you told somebody you wanted to quit, but not really meaning it. Harrison needs to quit acting like he is a cop that shot an unarmed suspect and now doesn't think police work is right for him.

It was a 2 yard pattern and Harrison could have just as easy wrapped him up on the tackle instead of launching himself at him.

CarolinaKid · Oct 20, 2010

I hope the average fan will one day learn what a joke the NFL is and all the media hype it has to kept it on top.............ck

steaktartar · Oct 20, 2010

NFL has lost it......

Dante · Oct 20, 2010

jonnyangel said:
thats messed up...they already fine the player and make money off him that way, then they sell pictures of him doing what he was fined for and make more money...geez

wow that is crazy shit

Syklone · Oct 20, 2010

Schlereth bringing the hammer down! He's absolutely right. The NFL is hypocritical.

doubledeuce22 · Oct 21, 2010

carolinakid said:
I hope the average fan will one day learn what a joke the NFL is and all the media hype it has to kept it on top.............ck

you and i say it allllll the time. the nfl is a fuking joke.

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