[CBFF] NFL fines Urlacher $100K for Super Bowl hat

[Phil DeNomme]

Yea.  the NFL probably did them a favor

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[mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:08 PM
To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Subject: Re: [CBFF] NFL fines Urlacher $100K for Super Bowl hat

I bet vitaminwater is happy to pay the fine.  That's cheap for this
kind of press.

Jerry


On 4/18/07, mom2iancal <senzigx4 at charter.net> wrote:
> Yeah, they should cover that for Urlacher.  If the NFL hadn't fined him,
I
> never would have known that is what he was drinking/wearing.  Either I
don't
> remember or just didnt' notice it during interviews...
>
> teri
>
> ~A Morning  Without Coffee is Sleep~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil DeNomme" <pdenomme at gmail.com>
> To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] NFL fines Urlacher $100K for Super Bowl hat
>
>
> > I'm sure Vitaminwater will be glad to pay that for the pub they got.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Victor
Waldron
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:13 PM
> > To: CBFF
> > Subject: [CBFF] NFL fines Urlacher $100K for Super Bowl hat
> >
> > (N-F-L= No Fun League)
> >
> > NFL fines Urlacher $100K for Super Bowl hat
> > Associated Press
> >
> > NEW YORK -- Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000
> > by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted
> > a sponsor not authorized by the league.
> >
> > NFL rules prohibit gear that advertises any product but a designated
> > sponsor, league spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday.
> >
> > Urlacher was fined for drinking vitaminwater and wearing a
> > vitaminwater hat during the media session in Miami leading to the
> > title game. Gatorade is the NFL's official drink.
> >
> > McCarthy said this is the first time such a fine has been levied. He
> > added that $100,000 is the standard fine for such a violation at the
> > Super Bowl. A violation during the regular season is $10,000. It is
> > $50,000 at the Pro Bowl.
> >
> > The fine recalls an episode involving Chicago quarterback Jim McMahon
> > in the playoffs following the 1985 season, the previous time the Bears
> > made the Super Bowl.
> >
> > McMahon wore a headband that said "adidas" in a playoff game against
> > the New York Giants, and then-commissioner Pete Rozelle fined him
> > $5,000 because the shoe company was not an NFL sponsor. The following
> > week, in the NFC title game against the Los Angeles Rams, McMahon wore
> > a headband that read "rozelle."
> >
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