Friday, October 28, 2011

Brian Robison Fined $20,000

The NFL slapped a $20,000 fine on the Vikings' Brian Robison for kicking T.J. Lang of the Packers.



From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The NFL fined Brian Robison $20,000 for the kick heard around the football world on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.

During a field goal attempt in Green Bay's 33-27 win over Minnesota, the Vikings defensive end kicked Packers left guard T.J. Lang in the groin. After the game Sunday, Robison apologized on Twitter to Lang, the NFL and the Vikings. In response on Twitter, Lang accepted the apology.

A $20,000 fine for a groin kick.

Can you imagine being in a workplace where everyone is making so much money that it's reasonable to issue a $20,000 fine to an individual for a personal offense, even an egregious one?

The Packers and the Vikings and the other NFL players are members of the 1 percent. They're the bad guys, right?

I suppose the players can be seen as the downtrodden since the owners make more money than they do.

Why isn't there an Occupy Mall of America Field protest? Or Occupy Lambeau?

Are there protesters targeting the World Series?

Occupy Tony La Russa!

And then there's Hollywood.

Occupy Tom Hanks!

Occupy [fill in the blank]!

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