Jaguars LB will be on a payment plan for his $20,000 fine

[Hammock Parties]

**** Gooddell. This guy makes ~$97,000 BEFORE taxes IF he stays on the practice squad for 16 weeks. And the league takes $20,000 MORE off the top of that?

What if he's cut after a couple weeks and no one picks him up? He's a freaking undrafted free agent. What a load of shit.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl-wp6605

Making the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad could end up costing Mike Lockley $20,000.

During the preseason, the linebacker was assessed a $20,000 fine for an illegal hit on a New England Patriots receiver. That debt was wiped away when he was cut from the team's roster at the end of the preseason. If he had remained out of football, Lockley wouldn't have had to pay. Not an NFL player? No NFL fine.

When he was re-signed to the practice squad this week, the fine was reinstated. That would be a hefty amount of money no matter a player's salary. But as a member of the practice squad, Lockley will make $5,700 per week, far less than the amount he owes the NFL.

According to league spokesman Greg Aiello, players like Lockley are put on a payment plan to satisfy their debts. In Lockley's case, once he gets his first paycheck, he'd pay $2,500 per week for eight weeks to make good with the NFL.

Because the amount of the fine is more than 25 percent of his weekly check, Lockley can lodge an appeal. If I were him, I wouldn't hold my breath on getting that fine changed. The NFL doesn't exactly champion the cause of the little guy.

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by Vanilla Thunder

lol I find it hard to feel sorry for anyone that makes $5,700 per week.

For 17 weeks out of the year, not 52.

[Hammock Parties]

Hm, maybe he's OK.

"The good news for Moore is that the new Collective Bargaining Agreement protects players from fines of more than 25 percent of their weekly base salary, which means his fine will likely be reduced to 25 percent of his weekly pay of $22,058.82, or $5,514.71."

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Gif Horse

Hm, maybe he's OK.

Good news and that is the way it should be.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

For 17 weeks out of the year, not 52.

U couldnt live comfortablely on 97k a year?
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[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Gif Horse

Please, he's lowering his helmet trying to avoid a helmet to helmet hit.

Hell, you can see him trying to lead with his arm. The game is moving so fast, he sees the guy catching the ball, a split second later he drops it.....bullshit call, bullshit fine, bullshit commissioner.

You can't lead with your helmet, they've made that very clear the past few years. Whatever prompted him to do it doesn't matter.

[MagicHef]

I think he'll get it reduced to 25% of his weekly check, which is $1,425. That's much more reasonable.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by Gif Horse

That's only for 17 weeks, and he can be cut at any time during those 17 weeks.

This guy's JOB is football. He has 17 weeks a year where he's earning a regular paycheck....if he's lucky.

This is total garbage. A freaking UDFA.

Yeah good point.

[Backwards Masking]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

You can't lead with your helmet, they've made that very clear the past few years. Whatever prompted him to do it doesn't matter.

You'd support Goodell if he made tackling illegal and put flags on the sides of the players instead, wouldn't you?

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

You'd support Goodell if he made tackling illegal and put flags on the sides of the players instead, wouldn't you?

Yeah, because me agreeing that this is an illegal hit as defined by the NFL totally translates to that.

[Backwards Masking]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Yeah, because me agreeing that this is an illegal hit as defined by the NFL totally translates to that.

but i mean, if Goodell changed the rules, that would be THE RULES. ten years ago this hit was perfectly legal, then they changed the rule. you suppport that change, because it's now THE RULES. let's say it goes to flag in ten years, it would be the rules. you couldn't say anything about it, it's the rules.

why do you support this crap? this isn't football (even though i admit, it is The Rules)

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Backwards Masking

but i mean, if Goodell changed the rules, that would be THE RULES. ten years ago this hit was perfectly legal, then they changed the rule. you suppport that change, because it's now THE RULES. let's say it goes to flag in ten years, it would be the rules. you couldn't say anything about it, it's the rules.

why do you support this crap? this isn't football (even though i admit, it is The Rules)

JFC, do you not understand what AS DEFINED BY THE NFL means? Whether I'm in favor of the rule or not is irrelevant. There are plenty of rules I have to live by on a day-to-day basis that I don't like, but I have to comply with them or pay the penalty for breaking them. That's life.

[Chiefnj2]

A practice squad player shouldn't have to pay the same fine as 1st round pick who just pocketed 18 million in guaranteed money. To someone like Suh, the fine is equal to one days pay. To this guy it's 2 months of pay.

[KurtCobain]

My father drank because my mom's pussy smelled like tuna, that doesn't mean my brother should been fined 20K, does it?

[Backwards Masking]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

JFC, do you not understand what AS DEFINED BY THE NFL means? Whether I'm in favor of the rule or not is irrelevant. There are plenty of rules I have to live by on a day-to-day basis that I don't like, but I have to comply with them or pay the penalty for breaking them. That's life.

So also Flag Football Rules, if implemented and defined by the NFL, is something that players would have to live by on a day to day basis, and have to comply with or pay a penalty for breaking them, because that's life.

And you'd support that. Because you wouldnt have a choice, so it'd be irrelevant.

[KurtCobain]

Backwards Masking is such a tool.