Tom [Giants fan] Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 The NFL fined Joe Horn $30,000 for that cell phone celebration. I got this from nfl.com and espn.com. Do you think the fine is appropriate and should he have been fined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Tags to Horn: "Can you hear me now?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Probably shouldn't have been that much. But come on, those kind of antics aren't appropriate. I can understand celebrating, but pulling out a phone? Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I say f#ck him. He made a conscious decision to pull that stunt, he has got to be ready to pay the price. He said that "his family was worth it", well, now it's time to pay it and quit snivelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Originally posted by Om Tags to Horn: "Can you hear me now?" Too funny. Very Nice OM, VERY nice! :applause: :applause: Y a got me laughing out loud! That's twice tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 We are here to serve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I thought the stunt was hilarious. It was the first time I've ever laughed out loud during a football game, so I have to give Joe Horn props. He knows what he's doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Should have been more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just skins baby Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 They should have taken back the touchdown and then marched off 15 yards. Spontaneous celebrations are pretty cool but to plant a cell phone under the pads is just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 TO's pom poms is the best ever. It may have been planned, but it looked spontaneous so it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljer Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I agree...spontaneity is one thing, but pre-planning an act is just plain stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montilar Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Now if only they'd fine Gardner for that idiot "first down" move he learned from Westbrook...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sick Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 He claimed it was for his kids, so it was worth it? Yeah, I'm sure his kids couldn't have used that 30k in their trust fund after their Dad is just some bum on the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles_Legendz Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Originally posted by VT Shockoe Joe He claimed it was for his kids, so it was worth it? Yeah, I'm sure his kids couldn't have used that 30k in their trust fund after their Dad is just some bum on the street. Yep, Horn only makes a measly couple mill a year. I'm sure he'll end up a bum in the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway66 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 No he should not have been fined that much. Horn hurt nothing by his harmless act.... If the Giants dont like those kind of celebrations don' let them score then they cant celebrate.... Sorry Tom I don't mean to slam your G-men, I just think horns celebration was not a derrogatory(spelling?) one.. maybe a concise warning about future instances like this if it bothers th NFL.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 What a complete outrage!! They should have fined him $50k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5974-2003Dec16.html Horn Will Be Fined for Cell-Phone Celebration Tuesday, December 16, 2003; 7:45 PM NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Saints receiver Joe Horn will be fined $30,000 by the NFL for making a choreographed cell-phone call in the end zone to celebrate a touchdown, his agent said. Ralph Vitolo said Horn told him he received word Tuesday from the team that the NFL would fine him $30,000. Vitolo said he would appeal. "Fining him is one thing, but to me that's very excessive. This is not a murder case," Vitolo said. The Saints and the NFL did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. Return specialist Michael Lewis would be fined $5,000 for helping orchestrate the stunt, Horn told Vitolo, adding that he would pay the fine. After catching the second of four touchdown passes in a 45-7 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday, Horn was handed a phone by Lewis, who pulled it out from under the padding used to protect the goal post. Horn was still wearing his helmet when he punched in numbers, put the phone to the earhole and spoke into it for a few seconds. "Would I take it back? No, no. I knew exactly what I was doing," Horn said after the game. The Saints were penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct for the stunt. Head coach Jim Haslett said the team would not punish Horn, but that he was disappointed in the receiver's "selfish" act. After San Francisco's Terrell Owens pulled a pen out of his sock and autographed a football after scoring a touchdown in a game, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue sent a memo to all teams warning that such stunts would be punished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanathos19 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Originally posted by SlinginSammy TO's pom poms is the best ever. It may have been planned, but it looked spontaneous so it was great. The pom-poms definately were the best...now that was spontaneous. The cell phone...f'ing dumb...he was calling Roaf's wife to see if he could hit those skins again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Easy Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Joe Horn's a nice player, but he's always had a humongous all-consuming ego since he got here. He's more like Keyshawn in mental makeup than anyone else, meaning he's physically tough, will play hurt and will go over the middle, but when things aren't going to his liking or he's not "the guy" (win or lose), he pouts. Down here most people like him and he's viewed as a "proud warrior" who wears his heart on his sleeve, but to me he's Keyshawn Light. He'll always be talking about himself in the third person and feeling slighted and believing the rules don't apply to him, and eventually he'll be a cancer in the locker room if he's not already. He's emblematic of the great downfall of the heroic, selfless teammate of yesteryear. I wish they'd have suspended him and issued a statement pointing out that anyone who dropped a gimme TD against Tampa last week that effectively killed our playoff hopes isn't allowed to celebrate anything, even in the privacy of his own home in front of his floor-to-ceiling portrait. Now Deuce? There's a throwback, tough hombre. One Deuce is worth ten Joe Horns. Punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanathos19 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Big Easy...tell the F.O. down there thanks for taking Albert Connell off of our hands!! I agree about Horn...he's got skills, but is too Keyshawn-esque. That definately demerits his worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljer Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I wish they'd have suspended him and issued a statement pointing out that anyone who dropped a gimme TD against Tampa last week that effectively killed our playoff hopes isn't allowed to celebrate anything Was thinking the same thing today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sick Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Originally posted by Eagles_Legendz Yep, Horn only makes a measly couple mill a year. I'm sure he'll end up a bum in the street. It's happened before. It didn't say how many kids he had, did it? This guy could be like Shawn Kemp. Also, he is past thirty and I don't see him making millions a year once he gets out of the NFL. I don't know. Maybe he'll become the spokesman for Verizon or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADF Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Who cares. The best thing they could have done was ignore him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo da Magnificent Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Shoulda suspended him and taken a game check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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