Burress fined, fined and fined some more

by Ed Valentine on Sep 29, 2008 6:00 AM EDT in New York Giants News

It seems like all we talk about lately is wide receiver Plaxico Burress. Yet, with information like what was provided by Jay Glazer of FOX Sports on Sunday, the behavior of the New York Giants' star wide receiver is a topic that just won't die.

Here is part of Glazer's report.

FOX Sports has learned that during his tenure with the Giants, Burress has been fined by the team between 40 and 50 times, a stunning number considering he's played just 50 games with the Big Blue.

"He's been fined for missing treatment, meetings, showing up late ... there's probably been 10 times this year alone," said one source.

According to several team sources, Burress has not seemed overly affected by being hit in the wallet this often. What did affect him, however, was the Giants preventing Burress from playing in the next game.

"That really bothered him," said another source who requested anonymity. "He doesn't care about the fines but if you don't let him play ... that's all he cares about. He just wants to play football. He pretty much put Jerry Reese and Coach in a bad spot on this one. It had to stop and just fining him again wasn't going to do it."

Forty or 50 fines? Wow! It's becoming more and more obvious that Plax, as great a player as he is, mght be the one Giant not buying Tom Coughlin's 'team above self' philosophy.

With his new contract the Giants have been more than fair to Burress. Knowing this, though, you have to begin to wonder about Burress' long-term future with the Giants.

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If this is true

Then I give Tom Coughlin even more credit, for hitting Plaxico where it really hurt. I mean let’s face it, $1000 fines are tip money to these guys. That is the equivelant of a buck to most of us.

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Sep 29, 2008 8:58 AM EDT reply actions

can't they create

some kind of fund for Plax’s fines to go into? kind of like “Free Parking” in Monopoly. if i land on it, i can finally buy a new HD (so i can officially join the 21st centurt) which i have been putting off doing for about three years.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 29, 2008 9:09 AM EDT reply actions

Maybe

Monopoly should have a ‘You are Plaxico Burress. Pay $500 to continue playing’ card.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 29, 2008 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Me too Touchdown maker.

Yeah I said I wasn’t going to the games any more,so I could buy a new recliner, maybe even with a built in drink/remote holder and a new big screen high Def etc etc. Here I’m still on the well worn back ache machine with a 27"that takes 5 mins to warm up. Mean while Plax can basically shrug off his fine and have his agent and the players union ask for him to"get out of jail free".

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Sep 29, 2008 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

can't recommend it enough

After holding off and not getting an HD television, I finally got one….and WOW! I can’t say enough about amazing these things are.

by Cody K on Sep 29, 2008 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions

eh

honestly I don’t really care. the fact that he’s been fined all those times and we’ve only just heard about it suggests that it’s no big deal. it hasn’t affected his play, he hasn’t made a fuss about it, coughlin hasn’t made a fuss about it, eli hasn’t made a fuss about it… it’s his money, let him spend it on fines if he wants.

by JoshNY on Sep 29, 2008 12:26 PM EDT reply actions

all WRs are nuts

so plax needed a little sorting out. the benching is going to sting so hopefully he’ll get his shit together for cleveland. i still ahve faith in my man plax.

by kendynamo on Sep 29, 2008 12:40 PM EDT reply actions