Ray Rice fined $7500 for stiff arm?!

**Irish Raven** · 10-13-2011, 09:18 PM

Not knocking you or anything OP but it's just a tweet and realy until I see something official I'm not buying it

I can't find a list from the NFL though, maybe we'll know more tomorrow

**Jayc00** · 10-13-2011, 09:44 PM

Meanwhile Roman Harper only got fined 15K his stupid hit on Steve Smith after he scored.

**RavenScallywag** · 10-13-2011, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Irish Raven

Not knocking you or anything OP but it's just a tweet and realy until I see something official I'm not buying it

I can't find a list from the NFL though, maybe we'll know more tomorrow

I wasn't listening to 105.7 today, but that's where the tweet came from. Ray Rice told someone on 105.7 that he got fined 7500 for a stiff arm in Week 3.

Unless Ray was trying to make a joke, I buy it. Why make that kind of thing up?

**Flipping Birdie** · 10-13-2011, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Irish Raven

Not knocking you or anything OP but it's just a tweet and realy until I see something official I'm not buying it

I can't find a list from the NFL though, maybe we'll know more tomorrow

Dan Kolko said Ray Rice said it on 105.7 FM, and that was after I read the tweet from somewhere else. Granted, Dan Kolko said it on Twitter, but he's still legitimate media.

Like you said, maybe we'll know more tomorrow - but I'm inclined to believe that this is legitimate information.

Originally Posted by BleedPurple92

This isn't real.

No way its real, could you give the link please.

Ray Rice apparently said it during a radio interview; so as of yet, there is no link. We'll have to wait and see if the press media picks up on the story for confirmation.

**alienrace** · 10-13-2011, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by Beerracuda

Goodell's out of control.

Agreed. Wish the NFL could have a recall. Worst commisioner ever. Worse than Tags.

**RavenDavey** · 10-13-2011, 10:37 PM

Ray Rice must of had ..."malice in his in arm"!

**Darksouleyez** · 10-14-2011, 12:14 AM

whats next? Flacco getting a fine for a Uni-browl on game day?

**dandrews** · 10-14-2011, 12:22 AM

who cares. no flag, no harm. not my money.

**Novakov** · 10-14-2011, 01:11 AM

I don't have a link but I was listening when he said it. Still seems strange it wasn't announced somewhere, I thought they all were.

**lobachevsky** · 10-14-2011, 01:29 AM

Just checked nfl.com and baltimoreravens.com--not a peep. But nothing from Greedell surprises me any more.

BTW, folks, howdy--finally made it over from the message-board version of the Marie Celeste...

**JStruds** · 10-14-2011, 08:03 AM

A little OT, but this (alleged?) fine reminds me of a problem/question I've got with NFL rules.

If a defensive player so much as brushes a face mask, it's a 15 yard penalty, but offensive players with the ball can jam the face mask right back into a tackler's head and it's completely legit.

I don't mind that, but how does it make any sense? Shouldn't the defensive penalty be only if the face mask is grabbed/twisted?

**HKusp** · 10-14-2011, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by JStruds

A little OT, but this (alleged?) fine reminds me of a problem/question I've got with NFL rules.

If a defensive player so much as brushes a face mask, it's a 15 yard penalty, but offensive players with the ball can jam the face mask right back into a tackler's head and it's completely legit.

I don't mind that, but how does it make any sense? Shouldn't the defensive penalty be only if the face mask is grabbed/twisted?

Actually, the ball carrier can not grab a face mask and twist it or leverage the defensive players helmet backwards any more. In years past they could but as of 2008 the rule changed. I believe this season it has been a "point of emphasis" by the officials to not allow the ball carrier to do it. I can't find a link to the emphasis part, but here is the new rule as of 2008:

A "facemask" penalty is a judgment call that is not reviewable by replay.

Rule 12, Section 2, Article 5 of the NFL Rule Book (page 81) states that "no player shall twist, turn, or pull the facemask of an opponent in any direction."

The Rule Book describes the penalty as follows:

"Penalty: For twisting, turning or pulling the mask: loss of 15 yards. A personal foul. The player may be disqualified if the action is judged by the official(s) to be of a flagrant nature."

This quote is from an ESPN blog during the playoffs last January.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/pos...ce-mask-ruling