The Spaz
07-23-2004, 10:13 PM
Safety Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins has been fined $25,000 by the NFL for leaving the league's rookie symposium for a day.
The fine is the largest leveled on a rookie for missing the mandatory seminars for first-year players. Ryan Leaf of San Diego and Ron Dayne of the New York Giants were fined $10,000 in 1998 and 2000 -- Leaf for leaving early and Dayne for not attending.
The NFL did not announce the fine but a source within the league, who requested anonymity, confirmed to The Associated Press that it had been levied.
Taylor, who starred at Miami, was the fifth player chosen in the April draft. He fired his agent shortly after the draft and waited until this week to hire Eugene Mato and Jeffrey Moorad to start negotiations for a contract with the Redskins.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nfl-redskins-taylorfined&prov=ap&type=lgns
Maybe there is some maturity issues. :rolleyes:
The fine is the largest leveled on a rookie for missing the mandatory seminars for first-year players. Ryan Leaf of San Diego and Ron Dayne of the New York Giants were fined $10,000 in 1998 and 2000 -- Leaf for leaving early and Dayne for not attending.
The NFL did not announce the fine but a source within the league, who requested anonymity, confirmed to The Associated Press that it had been levied.
Taylor, who starred at Miami, was the fifth player chosen in the April draft. He fired his agent shortly after the draft and waited until this week to hire Eugene Mato and Jeffrey Moorad to start negotiations for a contract with the Redskins.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nfl-redskins-taylorfined&prov=ap&type=lgns
Maybe there is some maturity issues. :rolleyes: