Clinton Portis and Sean Taylor fined $10000 a piece for wearing Red Socks

[Champ]

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis and safety Sean Taylor had their fines for wearing red socks doubled this week to $10,000.

Portis and Taylor were fined $5,000 apiece last week for wearing red socks instead of the standard white in the Redskins' victory over the New York Giants. They wore them again in Sunday's game against Philadelphia, and on Friday the league punished each with a $10,000 fines for violating the uniform rules.

Portis harshly criticized the fines earlier this week.

"I think that is a stupid fine for the simple fact that they want everybody to be the same," Portis said Wednesday. "This is an individual game, you know. That is the thing that has the league being the No. 1 sport, because different personalities come together as one and people enjoyed that."

Portis was unsure if he would wear the red socks again in Saturday's game at San Francisco.

"I've got to come up with some kind of scheme to find a way to get out of it," he said.

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3258208

[tjdee]

1. They pay you millions and ask you to wear white socks, WEAR THE SOCKS.

Oh for the love of pete.

I wish someone was paying me in the millions to play a GAME.

But nooooo, he wants to be different.... I wish I had an extra 5 grand to piss away because I felt like wearing different color socks.

:grr:

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Hey dipshit

It's called UNIFORM. That means everyone looks alike. If you don't like it, quit and go to work where you don't have to wear a uniform.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. Boo Fuckin Hoo...a lot of us have dress code and we earn Min. wage

Try being a "sandwich artist"...bastard.

[48pan]

3. This is not breaking my heart!

Portis is wrong. Football is not an individual game.

[Champ]

4. He is the best RB in the league, or atleast he was....

[CarbonDate]

9. Portis was never the best in the game

That's ridiculous. Where do you get that? He's never even led the league in rushing yards for a season. There are any number of running backs who are better than Portis.

[Champ]

13. He was against the Chiefs that day

He rushed for over 200 yards and 5 TDs, he hoisted the belt because he felt like he out dueled Holmes for best back in the league. Those were his quotes, I always felt LT was better and is still the best overall back in the league. I'll name a few who are better, Jamal Lewis, Corey Dillon, LT, and Chris Brown has been playing well with far less carries.

ON EDIT: Last year Clinton Portis led the league in YPC, 5.5, He played in 13 games.

[CarbonDate]

15. That's an impressive game

Who's LT? I think LT, I think Lawrence Taylor.

[Champ]

16. Ladanian Tomlinson

[kodi]

5. wanna' be a real badass individual? don't wear a helmet.

millionaire asshole adolescents.

[Champ]

6. LOL

on edit: In my opinion, if Portis wants to fork over 10K each time he wears Red Socks, let him wear it. Atleast the socks don't clash with the 'Skins uniform.

[Renew Deal]

11. lol

Now that I'd like to see.

[Champ]

8. Clinton Portis is wearing the white socks vs San Francisco

Game on Fox.

[DS1]

10. The NFL is anal-retentive

Someone wore a some sort of tribute sticker on his helmet once and got a similar fine. You'd think it was the freaking Marines! :eyes:

[RagingInMiami]

12. All I gotta say is

[Champ]

14. The SF vs Washington game is full of Miami alumni!