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Detroit Lions' Suh Fined For Hit On Cleveland Browns' Quarterback
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Date: October 21, 2013
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Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh received his seventh fine from the National Football League, in what is being characterized as a “contact with the forehead-hairline” hit on Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden. Suh said he plans to appeal the $31,500 fine.
To date, Suh has been fined a total of $209,000 in his three-and-a-half-year career, and lost another $165,294 to a two-game suspension, the Detroit Free Press reports. The NFL is not shy about fining players who exhibit overly aggressive behavior on the field, but some analysts are questioning whether the league’s recent and unprecedented $765-million settlement over a class-action concussion lawsuit will prompt it to scrutinize player activities more critically. Following the decision to hand down the fine, vice president of officiating Dean Blandino told NFL Access that the move represents the league’s firm goal to “aggressively enforce the player safety fouls.”
“When I looked at the play, I felt that he did make contact with the forehead-hairline,” said Blandino. “Lowered the head and made contact with the forehead-hairline. Not with the head or neck, but the rule does prohibit that contact with the body.”
However, Suh has a number of supporters who have acknowledged the violent nature of football as a sport. Lions center Dominic Raiola called the league’s decision “ridiculous,” and suggested that while NFL safety and sports laws are necessary, each participant has a different way of analyzing plays, according to The Associated Press.
“It was a football play, to me,” Raiola told the AP. “But I guess maybe my view of football now is different than the way football is viewed now. I really don’t know what [the officials are] looking at.”
The end of the NFL’s concussion lawsuit – which was brought against the league by more than 4,500 players accusing it of negligence – is likely to have a large impact on the way officials look at safety going forward.
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