The NFL is expected to fine New York Jets coach Rex Ryan between $75,000 and $100,000 for using profane language to a fan at halftime of last Sunday night's game against the New England Patriots, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell still wants to review the facts of the incident one more time before rendering a final verdict, but the fine will come in north of the $50,000 the Jets fined Ryan when he made an obscene gesture to fans at a mixed martial arts event in Miami during Super Bowl week in 2010 and will be at least $75,000. Ryan's brief exchange with the fan was caught on video and was making the rounds last week on the Internet. "Hey, Rex, Belichick is better than you," the fan screamed to Ryan, who was walking off the field and into the locker room tunnel with the rest of the team at MetLife Stadium. "Shut the f--- up," Ryan yelled back to the fan, who isn't seen in the video. Ryan apologized last Monday. "I was emotional, it was an emotional time," Ryan said. "I obviously made a mistake. I was full of emotion and just popped off. Obviously, I know I represent the National Football League, I know I represent the Jets, and I know it was a mistake. I apologize for it. "This is who I am ... I'm about as big a competitor as there is and, at that time, I was in no mood to hear anything, but I also understand I have to handle that better." Source: ESPN New York
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well, fines are all well and good but at a certain point, after so many incidents, when will the league and/or the Jets suspend him for his continued idiocy. He doesn't exactly make the league look good with the stuff he pulls.
i'm not saying I would suspend him...... i'm theorizing if/when the league or the jets will suspend him ............ this IS the same league that fines players/coaches if they don't say what they're supposed to say in press conferences and interviews and fines players if they don't dress the way the league says. for example, espn is reporting that the league has told earl bennett that they will eject him from today's game if he tries to take the field in his orange shoes. i just think the league will end up doing something with rex if he continues doing stuff like this.
Ooooops. That wasn't directed at you. But i can see how you would have taken it that way. That Bennett thing is ridiculous.
it's somewhat amazing that he even 'heard' what was said. if i were in that situation, i probably would be so deep in thought about what happened/how to improve, etc. that i wouldn't be hearing a lot of outside noises at that point.
seems a bit excessive. I really don't get how the NFL determines how much individuals are fined. three years ago Shaun Ellis got fined 10,000 for throwing a chunk of snow at fans after a loss. Rex swears at a heckler and loses basically 10X that much
probably what the league is thinking is: #1 -- Coaches should be better behaved and be able to control themselves better than the players #2 -- Rex is a multi-time offender so his fines are getting heftier each time.
