Mike Tomlin TripGate ruling coming this week

[ThomasTomasz]

Mike Tomlin's under fire for his alleged attempted tripping of Jacoby Jones during the Steelers-Ravens Thanksgiving night game. And it was believed that a ruling might come from the NFL on Monday but CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reports that's not the case.

Instead, the league is still reviewing the matter and is expected to make a ruling early this week.

A heavy fine is still expected for Tomlin and the Steelers. La Canfora reports the Steelers are still worried they could be stripped of a pick and that while a suspension is not in play for Tomlin, everything else is still on the table.

New video emerged on Monday that appears to show Tomlin taking a step towards the field during the return. It's not a great look. The coaches' film isn't yet available on Game Rewind, but you can bet that the NFL's already gotten a look at it, or is looking at it during the review.

A review of the game film shows that in an on-field interview before the game, Tomlin dropped a little irony.

"Obviously the kicking game is going to be big," Tomlin said.

If he only knew just how big it would be.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...tomlin-tripgate-ruling-coming-later-this-week

If the "$100,000-plus" fine is still on the table, that is crazy. No way is this worth more of a fine then those players who are laying out illegal hits or unsportsmanlike penalties.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Mike Tomlin fined $100,000 for actions in Steelers' loss

The NFL fined Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 and will consider modification or forfeiture of the team's 2014 draft choices, the league announced Wednesday.


Any modification or forfeiture of the draft picks will be considered after the final order of the 2014 draft has been determined. The discipline was issued by NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...lin-fined-100000-for-actions-in-steelers-loss

100 Bands?!?! - well damn.

Did anyone see this live? Did Tomlin look like he did it on purpose?

Apparently not only does the Steeler's organization have to worry about loss of draft picks, but the referees who officiated the game are getting "downgraded".

 

[kmanharris]

He did it on purpose. He was watching the jumbotron. He knew exactly what he was doing.

 

[MrBill]

The $100k is chicken scratch. They need to remove him from the competition committee as well to send a message.

 

[Youk]

The $100k is chicken scratch. They need to remove him from the competition committee as well to send a message.

I think that'd be a better decision than taking away a draft pick. Punish Tomlin, not the Steelers.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

The $100k is chicken scratch. They need to remove him from the competition committee as well to send a message.

Players get fined 75% less than that for illegal hits. While I am not excusing Tomlin for what he did, it sends the absolute wrong message to fine a coach $100,000 for being on the field while Brandon Meriweather took $42,000 for his hit on Lacy, and then only $70,000 when he hit both Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. To make it worse, Dashon Goldson, another repeat offender for illegal hits, took a $100,000 fine as well earlier this year.

Those types of incidents do not equate to being equal. No way should Tomlin have been penalized as an individual for the same amount. Take the draft pick, take some cap space, but you can't equate the two and be serious about player safety.

 

[dave]

The $100k is chicken scratch. They need to remove him from the competition committee as well to send a message.

I'm ok with the $100K, but absolutely agree on the competition committee. He should not be on it.

 

[Cornelius]

He might've done it on purpose, but Goodell is still a fag.

 

[Golden Taters]

From this angle he is clearly stepping towards the field.

 

[kmanharris]

Players get fined 75% less than that for illegal hits. While I am not excusing Tomlin for what he did, it sends the absolute wrong message to fine a coach $100,000 for being on the field while Brandon Meriweather took $42,000 for his hit on Lacy, and then only $70,000 when he hit both Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. To make it worse, Dashon Goldson, another repeat offender for illegal hits, took a $100,000 fine as well earlier this year.

Those types of incidents do not equate to being equal. No way should Tomlin have been penalized as an individual for the same amount. Take the draft pick, take some cap space, but you can't equate the two and be serious about player safety.

Tomlin directly attempted (and succeeded) in changing the outcome of a play. A sure touchdown was saved and the Ravens had to settle for 3 points. You can't fine a coach 10k because then all coaches can try to do this knowing the punishment isn't going to be bad. 100k is perfectly fine.

 

[Aso]

What wrong message does it send by fining Tomlin 100k? And I really don't see why player safety stuff and this should be the same amount for a fine or why having this being a larger fine illegitimize player safety all of a sudden.

Coaches are held to a higher standard than players obviously. 100k fine and removal from competition committee sounds like proper punishment to me.

 

[Youk]

From this angle he is clearly stepping towards the field.

He moves his left foot closer, that's all. His body doesn't get closer, his right foot/leg doesn't get closer. I don't get the uproar with this video.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Tomlin directly attempted (and succeeded) in changing the outcome of a play. A sure touchdown was saved and the Ravens had to settle for 3 points. You can't fine a coach 10k because then all coaches can try to do this knowing the punishment isn't going to be bad. 100k is perfectly fine.

Then cause the team to lose a draft pick or cap space if he's going to be held to a higher standard. No way should the fine for this be more than a hit that can cause potential harm to a player.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will in fact end up losing a late-round draft pick for coach Mike Tomlin's actions on the sidelines Thanksgiving night, according to league sources. The NFL is not finalizing that decision until the spring, after all compensatory picks are sent.

When Tomlin's discipline was announced by the league on Wednesday, including a $100,000 fine, the NFL included language in the ruling stipulating that a forfeiture, or altering, of the team's picks was still possible but that nothing would be finalized on that until the spring. Many have taken that to mean the league would not impose any draft-pick penalties, or was including the language as something of an idle threat.

However, such assumptions are untrue, and there will be draft-pick compensation I'm told. Tomlin's actions, when he stood on the sidelines too close to the action and appeared to make a motion on to the field as Raven Jacoby Jones was returning a kick for what may have been a touchdown -- Baltimore ended up settling for a field goal in a close game that came down to the very end of regulation and nearly went to overtime -- are not being taken lightly within the league office.

The NFL did not stipulate the exact nature of the draft-pick penalty because in its mind this remains an open case. Tomlin's actions could have precluded the Ravens from scoring four more points than they did, and points scored can be a possible playoff tiebreaker. So the NFL does not know the full scope of the ramifications of Tomlin's actions, nor does it know the full-range of Pittsburgh's draft picks as compensatory picks, for instance, are not even awarded until the NFL's annual spring meeting. So until the league has all of the information available, no decision will be announced.

But even if the Ravens make the playoffs, and that tiebreaker is not a factor, Pittsburgh will still face draft-pick compensation. It's not an either/or situation. The Steelers have not been informed of any parameters or further details beyond what was included in the NFL's press release when Tomlin's fine was announced, and the front office at this point is operating under the assumption that some further penalty is coming.

As I reported last Sunday, the team was fearful they would lose a pick and the forfeiture of a draft pick -- or otherwise alteration of a drafting position -- was always a central part of the NFL's consideration of discipline in this matter with the incident very much having the potential to impact competitive balance, something it takes very seriously.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...t-pick-compensation-from-mike-tomlin-incident

 

[RosettaStoned]

The draft pick thing is dumb. He should have been flagged and ejected from the game, and fined. Draft pick is absurd.

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