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ProfessorGAC

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17. Suspension Is Not A Slap On The Wrist

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 2, 2021, 07:04 PM

Dec 2021

Players get paid 1/18th of the salary, each game week.
Any game suspended costs them 5.55% of their pay.
For a couple of these guys, it's $500-900 grand per game.
Rodgers got a slap on the wrist. These guys are being gut punched.

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NFL suspends Antonio Brown, Mike Edwards, John Franklin III for fake vaccination cards [View all] Zorro Dec 2021 OP

What f**king morons. nycbos Dec 2021 #1

Silly me GusBob Dec 2021 #2

That former personal chef deserves an apology from a hell of a lot of people... RockRaven Dec 2021 #3

Wow. That's an actual crime. Iggo Dec 2021 #4

He literally has pissed away an eight figure a year contract. nycbos Dec 2021 #9

Seven figures (and low 7 figure at that) Angleae Dec 2021 #24

Before this year. In the past he had offers north of 10 million a year. nycbos Dec 2021 #26

How did Aaron Rogers get away with it? Beachnutt Dec 2021 #5

The NFL allows players to be unvaxxed GusBob Dec 2021 #6

But they did not punish him for violating the protocols, NoRethugFriends Dec 2021 #8

Indeed. nycbos Dec 2021 #10

I told my husband Delphinus Dec 2021 #11

Same nycbos Dec 2021 #14

he was fined, but yeah the punishment was mild GusBob Dec 2021 #13

They Did, Though ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #16

I don't think he submitted a fake vaccination card nycbos Dec 2021 #7

He didn't use a forged vaccination card. Iggo Dec 2021 #15

I guess lesser degrees of WHITE lies 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #22

Wow, entitled millionaires sarisataka Dec 2021 #12

Suspension Is Not A Slap On The Wrist ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #17

It's a three-game suspension FakeNoose Dec 2021 #18

Agreed! ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #19

So they still get 15/18 of their pay sarisataka Dec 2021 #25

It's All Relative ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #35

Wouldn't it have been easier to just get vaccinated for real Johonny Dec 2021 #20

What that Packers punk did was just as bad. 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #21

He did not lie to his team or the NFL edhopper Dec 2021 #27

Mislead.. Seems like a WHITE lie to me. 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #29

I am not defending what he did edhopper Dec 2021 #31

faking a document is worse than white lies catsudon Dec 2021 #28

WHITE lies show a lack of character. 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #30

of course catsudon Dec 2021 #33

Haha! COVIDIOTS! Cha Dec 2021 #23

Post removed Post removed Dec 2021 #32

white elephant... catsudon Dec 2021 #34

Kicking For New Detail ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #36

Sadly this seems minor when thinking about all the recent NFL bad behavior. BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #37