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Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu, the 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has been fined $10,000 for talking on a cell phone while in the bench area. Possession of cell phones in the bench area during a game is prohibited beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Polamalu was calling his wife to assure her he wasn't seriously injured. He sustained what the team called a "very mild" concussion and was removed from the game as a precaution.
Hensley: Bad call by the NFL
Seifert Troy Polamalu broke a rule, so the NFL had to fine him. But $10,000? That sends the wrong message, writes Jamison Hensley. Blog
Polamalu kept his helmet on save for a brief phone conversation with his wife. Possession of cell phones in the bench area during a game is prohibited beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game. Tomlin said it was a team doctor's phone that Polamalu used.
Tomlin had hoped the NFL wouldn't discipline Polamalu over it.
"It wasn't a personal call. He wasn't checking on his bank account," Tomlin said Tuesday. "He was talking to his wife to let her know that he was fine."
Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was fined $10,000 for an obscene gesture during last week's win over St. Louis.
Hawk gestured to the Packers' sideline after making a play and was caught by television cameras.
Teammates Clay Matthews and Tramon Williams also have been fined $5,000 each for wearing nonconforming shoes with their throwback uniforms against the Rams.
Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu, the 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has been fined $10,000 for talking on a cell phone while in the bench area. Possession of cell phones in the bench area during a game is prohibited beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Polamalu was calling his wife to assure her he wasn't seriously injured. He sustained what the team called a "very mild" concussion and was removed from the game as a precaution.
Hensley: Bad call by the NFL
Seifert Troy Polamalu broke a rule, so the NFL had to fine him. But $10,000? That sends the wrong message, writes Jamison Hensley. Blog
Polamalu kept his helmet on save for a brief phone conversation with his wife. Possession of cell phones in the bench area during a game is prohibited beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game. Tomlin said it was a team doctor's phone that Polamalu used.
Tomlin had hoped the NFL wouldn't discipline Polamalu over it.
"It wasn't a personal call. He wasn't checking on his bank account," Tomlin said Tuesday. "He was talking to his wife to let her know that he was fine."
Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was fined $10,000 for an obscene gesture during last week's win over St. Louis.
Hawk gestured to the Packers' sideline after making a play and was caught by television cameras.
Teammates Clay Matthews and Tramon Williams also have been fined $5,000 each for wearing nonconforming shoes with their throwback uniforms against the Rams.
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