If Commissioner Goodell is serious about bringing law and order to the NFL, he should start by studying up on these pathetic punishments.
Jim MoraLate in the 2005 season during an overtime game,
the Falcons head coach didn't know how a tie would affect his team's playoff
chances. So he did what any teenage girl would do: whipped out his cell phone!
The problem? You guessed it. This violated a league rule (not to mention his
"anytime" minutes), and Mora was fined a whopping $25,000.
Zeke MowattAh, 1990.
It was a simpler time, a time when the Panthers and Jaguars didn't even exist
and tight ends were named Zeke. It was also when five Patriots (led by Mowatt)
were fined $12,500 for sexually harassing
Boston Herald
sportswriter Lisa Olson after approaching her in the locker room seminaked.
(We're optimists, so we like to think of them as
semiclothed.)
Mike TiceEvery year, all NFL coaches are given an allotment
of Super Bowl tickets. But, apparently, only one is dumb enough to get caught
selling them to a California ticket agency. That honor goes to former Vikings
coach Mike Tice, who, after getting busted, admitted, "I probably shouldn't have
sold my tickets." And he said that
before he was fined 100
grand!

Chad JohnsonOcho Cinco is back on our list, this time for
being nicknamed "Ocho Cinco." Back before a game against the Falcons (and back
in his classic blond Mohawk days), Chad covered up the boring "C. Johnson" on
his jersey with a Velcro nameplate that read "Ocho Cinco." The uniform police
were none too pleased and fined him five large.