Posted on 12/15/2003 4:13:05 PM PST by mhking
NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL is considering whether to discipline Saints receiver Joe Horn for making a cell phone call in the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
League spokesman Greg Aiello said Monday that he doesn't expect a decision until later in the week. Horn could be fined or suspended.
New Orleans coach Jim Haslett said he would not discipline Horn. ``The league will do that,'' Haslett said.
After catching the second of four touchdown passes in a 45-7 victory over the New York Giants, Horn was handed a phone by teammate Michael Lewis, who pulled it out from under the padding used to protect the goalpost. Horn was still wearing his helmet when he punched in numbers, put the phone to the earhole and spoke into it for a few seconds.
``Would I take it back? No, no. I knew exactly what I was doing,'' Horn said after the game. ``And I understand -- I'm quite sure that I'll be fined.''
The Saints drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for the stunt.
``The thing that bothered me more than anything is he put himself before the football team,'' Haslett said. ``To me that's selfish. He's selfish. He shouldn't do that.''
After San Francisco's Terrell Owens pulled a pen out of his sock and autographed a football after scoring a touchdown in a game, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue sent a memo to all teams warning that other such stunts would be punished.
Huh?
It's interesting that you would say that. I used to be a huge NFL football fan. I now haven't watched an NFL game in almost two full seasons, and it's on-field behavior like Joe Horn's and Terrell Owens' (among countless others) that has caused me to boycott watching NFL football until the NFL starts to seriously crack down on players' unprofessional on-field behavior. I'll stick with college football in the meantime.
So, how many of these "stunts" should the NFL allow per game? Should the NFL allow a "stunt" only after a touchdown? Or should they allow a "stunt" after every play? How long should a single "stunt" be allowed to go on? 15 seconds? 30 seconds? One minute? Two minutes? No time limit at all? How about if there are so many "stunts" going on during a game that NFL games start to drag on for four, four and one-half, or five hours?
Yes it is. You're an clymer.
That's uncalled for, Dango. But, not out of character, for you.
Associated Press
CINCINNATI -- Bengals quarterback Jon Kitna said Thursday the NFL fined him $5,000 for wearing a baseball-style cap marked with a cross.
In wearing the cap at his postgame news conferences, Kitna violated an NFL rule prohibiting the wearing of non-NFL apparel immediately after a game. Television footage of
Kitna, an avid reader of the Bible, showed him wearing the red cap marked with a white cross.
"That's what happens when you don't follow the rules," Kitna said. "I won't wear it any more. The Bible says submit to the authorities placed above you. The authorities say that's the rule."
Kitna said he plans to appeal the fine because he thought the NFL rule just applied to competitors' products.
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