St. Louis Rams interim coach Jim Haslett has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for “going onto the field and directing profanities at a game official” during a game a few weeks ago against the San Francisco 49ers. It’s not clear what he was upset about, and the Rams had just completed a 29-year pass.
It’s also not clear who the official was that he was yelling at, though we know that Alberto Riveron was the referee for that game.
Is it just me, or is the number of fines for things related to the officials (complaining, mostly) much higher this year than in years past?