New York Jets coach Rex Ryan was fined $50,000 by his team after this photo of his popping off the bird at the STRIKEFORCE Miami event last weekend came to light. Ryan allegedly told some Dolphins fans that they were number fter being allegedly heckled by some Miami Dolphins fans in the audience. The NFL technically could also fine Ryan, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported earlier that the league is satisfied with the Jets’ pre-emptive action.

The incident certainly has been embarrassing for Ryan, who signed a four-year, $11.6 million deal when he was hired last January.[..]

“It was stupid and inappropriate,” Ryan said in his apology Sunday. “I wouldn’t accept that type of behavior from one of the coaches or players and it’s unacceptable from me. I apologize to the Jets organization, the National Football League and NFL fans everywhere.” –NY Post.

I was disappointed to see Ryan fined; if a football coach can’t shoot the bird at unruly Dolphins fans during the offseason, then the terrorists have won. That said, Ryan almost looks like he was posing for this shot. “Hey Coach! Give us the bird!” “Sure, boys.” I wonder if this image was taken with a Flip camera; it would have been apropos.

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LeBron James got pinched again, this time by the NBA for $25,000 after this sideline temper tantrum. Poor little Bron-Bron got testy after a no-call when he drove the lane against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and subsequent pouting about it on the other end of the floor. And then I guess he kicked one of those big Gatorade jugs, too. Oh LeBron, after I defended you to all of my fellow bloggerati, you had to go and do something petulant. You’re not gonna get those calls when you hit the lane looking like Adrian Peterson on a halfback dive. Who do you think you are? Dwyane Wade? –LA Times. vid via Ball Don’t Lie. Also.

So after South Carolina beat Kentucky Tuesday night, the student body at the Columbia, SC school stormed the floor, getting their program a $25,000 fine from the Southeastern Conference. I don’t get it; suddenly the SEC doesn’t want its students showing off their great team speed?

The league levied a fine of $25,000 because the school was guilty of a second violation of the rule, which prohibits fans from entering the playing area during or immediately after a game.

“This policy is designed to create a safe environment for everyone who participates and attends our athletic contests,” said SEC commissioner Mike Slive in a statement. “The security and protection of our student-athletes, coaches, officials and fans is our primary concern.” –Sports Network.

People in the media love to bitch about college students running onto the court after a win, and most of the time that just comes off as hot air, even though Indiana doing so after beating Minnesota seems a bit much. But if you knock off the No. 1 team in the polls or a big rival at home, shouldn’t there be some kind of exemption from public sanction? A fine for that is ridiculous, but you have to admire their gall. The Big Ten only would have fined them $15,000.

Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Flozell Adams has been fined $50,000 for a shove in the back and subsequent fracas with several New York Giants at the end of the first half of their game Sunday. I say “fracas,” because it’s definitely more than a “quarrel,” but falls considerably short of a “donnybrook.”

Adams did not receive a suspension, said the person, who requested anonymity Wednesday because the punishment had not yet been announced by the league.

Adams already has been fined $25,000 for incidents in three other games this season, including $12,500 stemming from Dallas’ first meeting with New York in Week 2, when Adams tripped [Giants defensive lineman Justin] Tuck.[..]

Adams was fined $7,500 by the NFL after kicking at Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers in Week 3. He was docked $5,000 for an unnecessary roughness penalty in the opener at Tampa Bay before the first incidents with the Giants. –FOXSports.com

Watch the video after the jump to see Tuck call Flozell a dirtbag. But Flozell Adams seems to get away with just about anything, which is why a lot of people are wondering why someone hasn’t “taken him out” already. It’s simple. The league has already established itself as a central overseer of player discipline. Unlike the more donnybrook-friendly NHL, the NFL reviews game videotape out the wazoo, meaning that anyone set on delivering justice almost certainly will get a suspension of his own. Honestly, if Flozell didn’t have that big star on his helmet, I’m sure that he would have sat a couple game’s already. Jerry Jones seems to have a way of keeping the troublemakers on his roster…on his roster. Read the rest of this entry »

That two hundred fifty large is the going rate of greatness. That’s the amount that NFL czar Vladimir Goodell fined Tennessee Titans Bud Adams for shooting the double-bird at the Buffalo Bills, as if to say, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” And really, I don’t think a better $250K has ever been spent. And really, what the hell else could a guy like that spend it on? Two hundred fifty thousand chocolate Frostys? And why the hell are they making vanilla Frostys now? What’s a WHITE FROSTY GOT TO DO WITH ANY DAMN THANG? Shee-it.