Joakim Noah fined $50K for using anti-gay slur from bench during Heat-Bulls Game 3

[Ancient Legend]

I think if you charge one guy 100k, you have to charge 100k to everyone who does the same thing. I dont care about the difference in pay they receive. I dont pay less for a traffic violation over a high paid lawyer. You cant change every fine based on their pay scale

Has nothing to do with salaries.

- Kobe said it to an official, you can't even say things like "shut up" to a ref, but you can to a fan.

- Noah was instigated into responding, Kobe was not.

- Noah apologized after the game, Kobe took 3 days to apologize.

[SinJackal]

Kobe made about 8 times as much money as Noah this year, so Noah getting fined half as much was roughly equal to getting fined 4x as much as Kobe. When you look at the percentage of his salary that it cost. I don't think that's an unfair fine. Circumstances were also different.

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Gray]$5 Million.

Stern then would've banned him from courtside for 3 seasons.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Teal]I still remember that absurd $500k fine, wouldn't surprise me if the fine exceeded that in this case lol.


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[JMT]

Calling the official a fa**ot is different from doing the same to a fan. It does not help that Kobe's language was heard by millions of viewers.

Exactly. Directing it at a fan is far worse from a PR standpoint. Oh well, another dart throw decision by the NBA.

[YAWN]

By the way, not that im defending it but the NBA's explanation for why Noah's fine was half of what Kobe's was was that not only was it a slur but they said he "verbally abused an official."

refs > fans

Wonder what would of happened to JO if he punched a ref..

[lilbeastnani]

refs > fans

Wonder what would of happened to JO if he punched a ref..

He'd probably get a 5 year ban.

[lilbeastnani]

Kobe made about 8 times as much money as Noah this year, so Noah getting fined half as much was roughly equal to getting fined 4x as much as Kobe. When you look at the percentage of his salary that it cost. I don't think that's an unfair fine. Circumstances were also different.

True, but they didn't base the size of the fine on each players salary. It would be pretty absurd if they did.

[G-train]

Posters this dumb??
Kobe said it to the REF, Noah to the crowd.
How is it different? The ref is the authority. And the NBA rules makes this clear.

[PistonsFan#21]

Posters this dumb??
Kobe said it to the REF, Noah to the crowd.
How is it different? The ref is the authority. And the NBA rules makes this clear.

Kobe didnt even say it to the ref. He was talking about the ref. There's a big difference here. Its not like he got up in the refs face and called him a f.a.g.
He was just sitting on the bench when he said that and the ref himself didnt even hear what Kobe said.

[ace23]

Kobe didnt even say it to the ref. He was talking about the ref. There's a big difference here. Its not like he got up in the refs face and called him a f.a.g.
He was just sitting on the bench when he said that and the ref himself didnt even hear what Kobe said.

Watch the video. He clearly addressed the ref and directed the slur toward him.

[HEAT111]

They should have let Noah choose $50,000 or the scissors.

[JMT]

They should have let Noah choose $50,000 or the scissors.

[PistonsFan#21]

Watch the video. He clearly addressed the ref and directed the slur toward him.

No i believe you're the one that should watch the video. He clearly turned his head to the side while he was sitting on the bench and wasnt even talking with the ref. Like i said the ref didnt even hear him.

check the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPYa-kBt8Jw

[ace23]

No i believe you're the one that should watch the video. He clearly turned his head to the side while he was sitting on the bench and wasnt even talking with the ref. Like i said the ref didnt even hear him.

check the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPYa-kBt8Jw

If you address the ref before talking, you're talking to the ref as far as I'm (and Stern is) concerened.

[LA_Showtime]

Wow. Shouldn't it be the exact opposite? Kobe attacked someone within the NBA, while Noah attacked a paying customer.