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If teams are going to fine people for hurting his feelings by making a stupid comment, then I can't wait to see all of the yellow flags flying on Sundays. "15 yard penalty for hurting the opposing player's feelings with a mean comment. The offending player is disqualified from the game and must leave the sidelines."

Really? It's obvious that this kid doesn't think highly of Sams, either for his orientation, or his play. So what? Does this kid need babied because he is a gay player? I guarantee that he'll hear far worse on Sundays ...... if he makes it to Sundays.

Geesh ..... this kid makes a comment ...... not even a particularly cruel one ..... and he is suspended until he "completes training related to his comments"? Really?


Negative tweet about Michael Sam draws fine for Miami Dolphins' Don Jones | cleveland.com
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/05/negative_tweet_about_michael_s.html

MIAMI -- Miami Dolphins safety Don Jones was fined an undisclosed amount Sunday and will undergo educational training after sending a negative tweet about Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be selected in the NFL draft.

Shortly after the St. Louis Rams took Sam in the seventh round Saturday, Jones tweeted "OMG" and "Horrible." The tweets were taken down a short time later.

Jones apologized for his comments Sunday and described them as inappropriate. The Dolphins said Jones has been excused from all team activities until he completes training related to his comments.

"We were disappointed to read Don's tweets," coach Joe Philbin said in a statement. "They were inappropriate and unacceptable, and we regret the negative impact these comments had on such an important weekend for the NFL. We met with Don today about respect, discrimination and judgment. These comments are not consistent with the values and standards of our program."

The Dolphins reacted swiftly to Jones' comments in the wake of the team's bullying scandal last year, which embarrassed the NFL and prompted a nationwide debate about workplace harassment.

Jones said he regretted that his tweets took away from Sam's "draft moment."

"I remember last year when I was drafted in the seventh round, and all of the emotions and happiness I felt when I received the call that gave me an opportunity to play for an NFL team, and I wish him all the best in his NFL career," Jones said in a statement. "I am committed to represent the values of the Miami Dolphins organization, and appreciate the opportunity I have been given to do so going forward."

Jones' agent, Chris Martin, could not be reached Sunday for comment.

They already flag you if you talk smack during a game to an opponent.

That said this has nothing to do with Sam or the NFL. Sam didn't say anything about this and the fine is coming from the Dolphins. That said, I do find it incredibly ironic that the Dolphins thought that tweet was over the line but when Pouncey makes a joke about hazing their new tackle, it's just a boys will be boys type of deal.

Guys already say pretty vulgar things. They're going to get extremely personal with him. I hope Sam is strong enough for what's about to come at him.

If you work for a company and find out they hired a gay person.

Then go around telling everyone its "horrible" that they hired him.

Do you not think you will be reprimanded? If not fired?

Why are soo many athletes putting their junk out in social media? I wouldn't say crap about nothing,if I was them.Keep your opinions private!! What a knucklehead...

If all he said was 'OMG' and 'Horrible', why didn't the kid play it off as being totally unrelated to Sam's drafting?

But, yeah the NFL is going to be overly sensitive on the Sam thing after what just happened with Donald Sterling.

He must have gone through that "Richie Incognito Senstivity Training".

Yeah, it is about the last thing that the Dolphins wanted to be associated with.

Is that the one where you smash a Ferrari with a golf club?

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"I am committed to represent the values of the Miami Dolphins organization

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After last years fiasco in the locker room, I think you were respresenting the dolphins values

NFL "education" camp ...

With the PR disaster last year that was the dolphins are you surprised they are fining a guy for a Negative tweet towards the first openly gay player in the nfl?

This is more about what happened in Miami last year and less about sam

I hope the NFL gets passed this. Will saying something about how his boyfriend serviced a player be against the rules? Will telling an opponent how good his wife or girlfriend was in bed with them be fined equally? The purpose is the same, to infuriate an opponent and to gain advantage. If we want total equality for all, it seems we must limit everything people do. Blah, I do not want to live in that society. Who is John Galt?

Voleur

This has nothing to do with the NFL. This is what Miami did. It's against the rules to say those things already. Stop politicizing issues.

It's against the rules to have a personal opinion and tweet a word, "horrible"? Really?

Time to tow the party line. Sieg Hiel!

fThey should trade him him to St. Louis.

It's against the rules to call any players any names or talk about their girlfriend or anything like that. It's just not enforced a lot. That's what we're talking about.

Also, if you want to compare an organization that does not care about what its players do the same as fascists then that's your choice, man.

Isn't dude a back up? Doubt they could trade him to anywhere for anything.

j/c

Personally, I'm sick and tired hearing about Michael Sam. Let's focus our attention on the top of the draft, not the bottom...

He didn't call anyone anything, he expressed a personal opinion about a situation.

I'm talking about on the field insults here. Because that is what the NFL does. This guy was not suspended by the NFL.

Do either of you two realize that the NFL did not suspend this guy?

Do you know what "sieg heil" means?

That's basically what he said between his tweet and apology. The thing is the only people in an uproar about it are the anti-PC people.

Yes I know what it means and if you're suggesting I used it incorrectly then I would conclude you don't.

Looking forward, say that he does not have a good camp and is not good enough to survive their final cut. How hard would it be actually release the guy? Looking at the backlash over these tweets, I would not want to see what the reaction would be to this guy getting cut. As much as his release would only be about football, the press will make sure it is not.

And maybe I'm wrong but I got the feeling he was referring to the kiss and not the drafting of the player. By the way I thought the same thing when I saw but I'm straight and down with the ladies. Didn't show hate to me at all. Maybe he shouldn't have said it in a tweet bit I'm sure a ton more than him thought the very same but just didn't tweet it. Just can't speak your preferences these days without a uproar. He (Sam)is untitled to everything anyone else and rightfully so but that doesn't mean everyone has to agree.

I'm not saying that you used it incorrectly. I just think you're completely off base with your comparison that the Dolphins are fascists.

I'm sorry but I think some of the tweets are hilarious. "How many backfields is Michael Sam going to rush this year?"

hahahaha

You probably don't want to see him on the other side of an end around

Actually, the funniest thing about Sam is that he thinks that he should have been drafted in the first 3 rounds ...

Maybe .... but he was nowhere near a 1st - 3rd round talent.

You might have thought that he was, with the video packages and such ...... but not really.

J/K

Really there is a debate here? Can't we just move forward without all the jokes and snide remarks. The NFL is dealing with this in full transparency. Their message is players, owners, and coaches will be punished if they pick up the negative dialog when it comes to human rights. Too bad they can't really punish the few NFL fans that continue to be negative and joke about the issue.

.. " Too bad they can't really punish the few NFL fans that continue to be negative and joke about the issue. . "

You want to punish free speech , or someone who has a different take on life ?

I get your point, and you are probably right ...... but I took his more as some indignation that he wasn't picked higher for reasons other than his talent, and I don't think that's the case. IIRC, he was rated as an UDFA when he came out ..... and while the bottom of the draft isn't that far off of that, I think that he was more of a PR move than anything else.

I will say that the Rams are loaded at talent on the DL. They added Aaron Donald to an already fairly loaded unit.

They have Donald, Carrington, (signed as a FA) Hayes, Long, Quinn, Langford, and Brockers. That's a nice rotation on the DL.