LITTLE ROCK — NFL puts fine money to good use
The NFL handed out fines worth $262,500 last week. Where does all that money go?
“Player fine money is used to support retired player programs, as well as other charitable causes as agreed upon between the NFL and NFL Players Association,” said David Krichavsky, the NFL’s director of community affairs.
“Every letter notifying the player of a fine indicates where the fine money goes. I have gotten feedback from players who don’t like writing the check to the NFL, but they are pleased to know it does not go back into our coffers but to charitable organizations.”
Fines to coaches are treated the same way, and the payments come directly out of a player’s or coach’s salary. In recent years, the NFL has issued fines totaling between $3 million and $4 million a season, a hefty amount for sure.
In January, the league gave $500,000 to the American RedCross for relief aid in Haiti after the devastating earthquake.
Some players ask for their fine money to go to a certain charity, and the NFL often is solicited by organizations, Krichavsky said, “suggesting the money should go to the them because the fine was for a specific cause.”
“Despite those requests, we stay universal in the way we disperse the fine money,” he said. “We don’t cater to specific requests.” A dozen OTs
Friday night lights burned well into Saturday morning before Rodrigo Carreon kicked a 19-yard field goal to give Jacksonville, Texas, an 84-81 victory over host Nacogdoches in a high school football game that lasted 12 overtime periods.
The game possibly set a national record. The National High School Record Book lists two games that lasted nine overtimes.
The first was a 1977 game in Detroit with Southeastern defeating Northeastern 42-36.
That game lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. The record was tied in 2006 in Washington when Bothell defeated Pasco 43-40.
The Jacksonville-Nacogdochesgame lasted 5 1/2 hours and eliminated the Dragons from playoff competition. The game was tied at 28-28 at the end of regulation play and finished just before 1 a.m. Central time.
Ha, ha, very funny
Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan has answered incessant questions about defensive tackle AlbertHaynesworth this year and is growing tired of the subject.
But he hasn’t lost his sense of humor.
At the end of a conference call with Detroit-area media, a reporter made Shanahan roar with laughter.
“Hey Coach, was this almost the first press conference you’ve had without a question about Albert Haynesworth?” a Lions beat writer jokingly asked Shanahan.
“Thank you, guys,” Shanahan said after a hearty laugh. “I’m going to remember you guys for this.” No rave reviews
From Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “Reviews have not been good for the new Broadway play Lombardi, about the life of the former Packers coach. Which must give great pause indeed to the producers bankrolling the planned musical, Wade Phillips.” Headlines
From sportspickle.com:
Joe Girardi agrees to coach American League All-Star team for 3 years
Boise State fails to impress critics with non-1,000-0 victoryQuote of the day “The girls are heartbroken. My heart goes out to them.
They’ve had so much pressure on them and we choked.” Siloam Springs Coach Rose Cheek, whose volleyball team failed to win the state title for the first time in seven years
Sports, Pages 28 on 10/31/2010