Buccaneers fined $250K

[Cam Cam]

The NFL fined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers $250,000 for allegedly having contact with players during the lockout, an NFL source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The league office did an exhaustive search of the Buccaneers' telephone records, poring over thousands of phone calls and finding more than five calls that lasted a total of 16 minutes. Coach Raheem Morris last month admitted calling some players during the lockout, telling the media that he called tight end Kellen Winslow to congratulate him on the birth of a child and cornerback Aqib Talib after he was charged with aggravated assault in March.

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I don't understand why the NFL can punish people for what they did during the lockout. This is ridiculous.

 

[Homerunsox2005]

Yeah this is kind of stupid, but they do have to enforce these sort of things.

 

[wingnut]

OK, BS he called after a player had a kid. Nothing about efin football! Goodell and the NFL can shove this one where the sun doesn't shine. if this is what the league is gonna come to then I'll just forget it ever existed.

 

[Ozzie]

After the assault charge I can maybe understand where that may have had something to do with the football team and some discussion of it, but congratulating Winslow I don't really understand where they would have to fine for that.

 

[2091401]

That is ridiculous. It's not like 5 phone calls affected the team in any way, especially with not all of them being football-related. I have almost no respect for Roger Goodell.

 

[wingnut]

there's a reason its called the "Not Fun League". Good job Goodell!

 

[Mdolszak]

SMH at Goodell...