Conflicting Fines

[McBoller]

http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/11/13/bears-cutler-harris-fined-for-outbursts-vs-cards/

So according to this article from nfl.com Cutler got fined $20K for aruging with Ed Hochuli, and Harris was only fined $7500 for throwing a punch at someones head...

[PuRock]

[quote name='McBoller' date='13 November 2009 - 02:51 PM' timestamp='1258141862' post='281267']
http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/11/13/bears-cutler-harris-fined-for-outbursts-vs-cards/

So according to this article from nfl.com Cutler got fined $20K for aruging with Ed Hochuli, and Harris was only fined $7500 for throwing a punch at someones head...
[/quote]

And Mike Smith of the Falcons, a head coach of all, was only fined 15k for escalating a scuffle on the sidelines after Landry put a late hit onto Matt Ryan.

Smith was pushing Landry into his players.

Now imagine if Chad Johnson put his hands on an opposing coach on the sideline. What would that fine be?

[theFRANCHISE]

To be fair, with the Tommie Harris fine, they may have taken into consideration the fact that he was also ejected EARLY in the game, essentially amounting to a one-game suspension. That may have been why the fine was light compared to the other violations. Additionally, I don't know all of the rules about ejections, but there's the possibility Harris could've already been docked pay for being ejected.

If Harris had been ejected later in the game, the fine likely would've been larger. I still think the $20k for Cutler arguing with the official was a bit much, though. $5k max, IMO.

[SaVaGe]

Cutler wouldn't need to argue if he didn't lead the league in interceptions.

[ravens1977]

[quote name='SaVaGe' date='14 November 2009 - 08:03 AM' timestamp='1258203820' post='281477']
Cutler wouldn't need to argue if he didn't lead the league in interceptions.
[/quote]
Ding, ding, ding! Cutler started arguing the way he was born.

[beetus]

Culter is no where near as much of a whiner as Philip Rivers. 25k is a bit excessive, imagine if they had similar fines in baseball lol.