Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

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  • gr8slayer
    Registered User
    • Feb 2005
    • 20796

    Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

    Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 for wearing a vitaminwater hat on media day at the Super Bowl.
    Of course the NFL just gave the company far more than $100,000 in free advertising.
  • gr8slayer
    Registered User
    • Feb 2005
    • 20796

    #2
    Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

    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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    • SABURZFAN
      short bus extraordinaire
      • Jul 2002
      • 50747

      #3
      Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

      that's an expensive hat.
      Originally posted by yordad
      Christ, you are the queerest person in the history of Bills fanhood. I swear to god I would stomp you.

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      • gr8slayer
        Registered User
        • Feb 2005
        • 20796

        #4
        Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

        Originally posted by SABURZFAN
        that's an expensive hat.
        Surely the company will pay that fine though.

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        • Typ0
          honey pie
          • Jul 2002
          • 32593

          #5
          Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

          Originally posted by SABURZFAN
          that's an expensive hat.
          they probably paid him six times that to wear it.

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          • X-Era
            What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
            • Feb 2005
            • 27670

            #6
            Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

            Wow, thats basically my house.

            They make a ton, but 100,000 for shameless advertising is a bit steep isnt it?

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            • gr8slayer
              Registered User
              • Feb 2005
              • 20796

              #7
              Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

              Originally posted by jp-era
              Wow, thats basically my house.

              They make a ton, but 100,000 for shameless advertising is a bit steep isnt it?
              Yeah but Reebok likely gets pissed at the NFL when someone wears something other than Reebok.

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              • camelcowboy
                Registered User
                • Mar 2005
                • 7449

                #8
                Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

                Stuff like this makes me hate the sport. Sponsor crying over stupid crap. NFL doesn't care about fans it cares about sponsors.


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                • gr8slayer
                  Registered User
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 20796

                  #9
                  Re: Urlacher Fined $100,000 On Super Bowl Week

                  Originally posted by camelcowboy
                  Stuff like this makes me hate the sport. Sponsor crying over stupid crap. NFL doesn't care about fans it cares about sponsors.
                  That's the American way.

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