The D. Hall incident

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Washington Redskins' Albert Haynesworth fined for role in sideline fracas - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4647447)

still can't beleive d hall didn't get anything at all, i hope smith gets over $15,000, be sweet if they fined him $23,000 though

Why? Hall may have ran his mouth but he did not grab or put his hands on anyone. The worse thing they can give for talking smack is 15 yards last time I checked.

^ i personally didn't think he should be fined, but thought he would is all

15k confirmed by espn

I picked, but really what does it say about: fan base, attitude, ownership, and overall team health that one fan base is ponying up money to show their support for their coach and team, while another is ponying up money to put on a public display designed to embarrass the owner and franchise.

I know I've never been more embarrassed as a fan, both because of our owner, but also, and even more so, because of the fans who think that riding a media frenzy against our team somehow does anything other than add to the media embarrassment our team already is.

The fan base here is sick of the bullshit and his side kick. This isn't Jacksonville. I'm not saying it's right but I understand it. After Gibbs 1 left we had some losing seasons but you didn't see the hostility towards MGT cause we knew that the people running the team has a plan and were capable. The fans in Atlanta will never get up enough money to pay for Smith's fine, just like the fans here will probably never raise enough $ to put up ads on the buses.

He was a thug at VA Tech, a thug in Atlanta and Oakland, and he is a thug now. We all knew this would happen as soon as he got paid. Cut him and let's apply the money to youth, cause face it, we are starting over.

I don't like Hall but I don't see him getting in trouble off the field. Pac Man Jones is a thug, Hall is just a punk.

just goes to show you that Halls role wasnt as big as all the "I hate Hall" people made it out to be....

I wonder if in the course of making their determination they were limited to just sight and not hearing. The incident was one of provocation.

I do find it funny that Hall wasn't fined at all, while Smith drew the biggest fine. It's not surprising though when you take off the Hall hating glasses and look at the video objectively.

Plus with Smith I think Goodell needed to send the message that coaches have no business mixing it up with players like that.

i still would have loved to see him get $23,000, but he desered it for sure, anyone hear anything about the strentgh coach? he was one of the man instigators imo

From Rick Maese Tweeter:
Nothing for DeAngelo Hall, $15,000 for Atl coach Mike Smith. Jeff Fish, the Falcons' director of athletic performance, has to pay $2,500

I thought Fish should have had more, since he laid hands on Hall, but that's probably a sizeable sum for him? I don't have an idea what a director of athletic performance pay range would be.

From Rick Maese Tweeter:


I thought Fish should have had more, since he laid hands on Hall, but that's probably a sizeable sum for him? I don't have an idea what a director of athletic performance pay range would be.

I agree. I think both Smith's and Fish's fines should have been bigger. Goodell could have sent more of a message.

No feedback from the anti-Hall folks? Interesting.