Just happened to be watching ESPN and I saw that Randy Moss was fined 10,000 dollars for the funny gesture he had against Green Bay. I thought, a little excessive but funny. Then I saw that Eric Barton was fined only 7,500 dollars for his vicious elbow to Drew Brees. This got me to thinking that the No Fun League was more enticed but Randy Moss's gesture than a BLOW TO THE HEAD that had the potential of injury.
Hey guys,
Has the NFL gone just a little bit too far with their need to control celebration of players that they don't care about the welfare of their own players?
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I'D QUIT BOWLING BUT THEN I'D REALLY HAVE NO LIFE.

I think it is the changing of the times and a whole different mentality of the athlete. Go back 20 years did you see of that on tv? Did you ever see Raymond Berry pull a stunt like that? Did you ever see Joe Montana, Mel Renfro,
Franco Harris do anything of that nature? I believe today's athletes are so over paid it has put all professional sports on the verge of bankruptcy. Granted the media has blown several of the antics out of proportion but still I have lost respect for several of the athletes, T.O., & Moss especially. I hardly watch professional sports due to the attitudes of the players, their bit_hing about not making enough money, I just do not understand the nature or the drive of the athlete today, it's all about the money today not the game. You have guys making as much playing one game as many families make in a year,
and yet they still find something to bit_h about. I hate to say it but I wish some of the spoiled little boys with egos larger than life itself, we refer to as professional athletes to take a harder look at what a real man is like,one who cared not for his personal wealth or ego, I'm talking about Pat Tillman. I need to back off here, this is such a sore subject with me, yep the only pros I watch one the tube are our poor in comparison bowling heroes, my rant is over............... peace be with you all.

What the h e l l is disquisting??
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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel

Spending the kids inheritance one tournament at a time.

The obvious answer here is Randy Moss (or you can substitute Latrell Sprewell or Ron Artest, for that matter --- I'm really big on those two as well) ---- More of the "Me First/Look At Me/So what about the team" attitude we see so much of in sports these days......

It's too bad CLASS doesn't come with all that talent........To paraphrase Moss' response to the fine, it was something like What's $10,000 to me?? I make $5 million a year.  The problem is that the high school athletes see this and some get the impression this is NORMAL/ACCEPTABLE behavior......well, it's not.....
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So you like this guy?
Yeah, he treats me sweet -- I met him at a bowling alley.         (Matchstick Men)

I am guessing that another factor is repetitive nature of conduct that violates league rules.  It is no different than an enhancement paragraph in the criminal realm...first time is a set sanction range, but for each successive violation of the law, your prior conduct also comes back to bite you.  If Randy Moss had been a quiet, reserved athlete prior to that action, the fine would not have been five figures.