Apparently, the NFL has fined Wes Welker $10,000 for "unsportsmanlike conduct" with respect to his creation of a snow angel after his touchdown during the Patriots recent demolishing of the Arizona Cardinals.
Are you kidding me? $10,000 for making a snow angel? This has gotten out of hand.
Wes Welker is one of the most stand-up guys in the league. The man recently nearly had his head torn off by a (very) borderline hit and later had nothing whatsoever bad to say about the defender. Besides which, I don't even think he meant to do it in the first place. If you watch the tape, he actually slips and falls after the touchdown and then sort of goes into the snow angel thing seemingly trying to cover up that he just fell. Fining him for unsportsmanlike conduct for this is ridiculous. Especially given that the last $10,000 fine that was handed down by the league was for throwing snowballs at fans.
So, as far as the NFL is concerned:
Assaulting fans with large balls of ice: $10,000.
Falling down and trying to cover it up by performing a brief post-touchdown snow angel: $10,000.
Unbelievable.
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