A $20,000 fine isn't insignificant for any player, and even less so for a practice squad player, who only makes $5,700 a week. That's what linebacker Mike Lockley is facing if he can't get his fine reduced on appeal after being fined $20,000 for a hit on a Patriots receiver in the Jaguars first preseason game. He'll have a hearing for that fine this week, and the league can't start collecting the fine until after the hearing. Had Lockley been waived and out of football, the NFL wouldn't have collected that $20,000 fine but since Lockley made the practice squad, he's still responsible for it. According to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, the fine will be deducted from Lockley's check in $2,500 installments, after taxes for eight weeks. Source: Florida Times Union
