While the Raiders made the interesting decision to green-light Antonio Brown for Week 1, they did follow through on fining him for the incident many wondered would lead to his Oakland exit.
The Raiders fined Brown “an unspecified amount” for his Wednesday incident with Mike Mayock, Ed Werder of ESPN.com tweets. Brown’s confrontation with Mayock included the receiver allegedly threatening to punch the first-year GM, calling him a “cracker” and punting a football across a practice field.
Although Brown also allegedly uttered the phrase “fine me for that” after punting the ball, Werder adds the mercurial wideout is “not happy” he’s been fined. The reasoning for this fine was described to Werder as “unprofessional behavior.”
Despite surprisingly dodging a suspension for this, Brown does not appear to be out of the woods. The Raiders are operating under the premise they can still void Brown’s $30MM-plus in guarantees, with Ian Rapoport of NFL.com noting (video link) high-ranking NFL officials believe the Raiders will have a case to go after Brown’s guarantees because of his practice absences and unknown whereabouts at various points since joining the team. We heard Thursday night a suspension would not need to occur for the Raiders to void Brown’s guarantees, so this remains a fluid situation.
Brown issued an apology to his team on Friday, but given the unrelenting drama that’s followed him since the incident prior to Week 17 of last season, it is hard to imagine things go smoothly between Brown and the Raiders from here. A Raiders official also informed ESPN.com’s Dianna Russini the team is basically “day to day” with Brown at this point (Twitter link). Nevertheless, the 31-year-old superstar is expected to be on the field for the Raiders’ season opener against the Broncos.
That’s what happens when you cuss out your boss Antonio
Bunch of idiots in that building
We really need to be able to post memes here.
AB: *Causes a ton of drama and trouble in Pittsburgh*
*goes to Raiders*
AB: Wanna see me do it again?
yeah, that’s not bad
If this keeps up ESPN’s going to need an Antonio Brown menu tab.
Brown called Mayock a cracker! And the whole country is not goings nuts about that??? If Mayock had used the N word you can bet Mayock would be in a boatload of trouble by the league, and every other organization out there.
If Mayock threatened to physically assault a player and used a racial slur he wouldn’t only be fired, there would be players of all colors protesting around the league to make an example out of him and he would never work on TV or in a front office ever again. Total double standard here
Yep, remember all those lynching with black men shouting cracker?
yup it’s a racial slur but it seems its ok for some reason which is very wrong . the whole thing it messed up had it been a player that didn’t have his ablity he would be off the team by now and nfl prob would suspend em
You’re more delusional than A.B. if you think calling someone a cracker and calling someone the N word are even comparable. And I’m a cracker
Well apparently you are soft cracker with no backbone. If you don’t see racial double standards, you sister are delusional.
The only one with a soft backbone is the white person who is crying about being called a cracker and comparing it to the N word. There’s no comparison.
Why? Because white people have ZERO history of being racially oppressed by non-white people, particularly by the word ‘cracker’. Open up a history book and see what kind of treatment black people have received in this country since its inception up to the present. You will be amazed.
Go cry more about a word with absolutely no power behind it, you pathetic snowflake.
Not comparing them at all. Please learn comprehension. Cracker is a racist term. If you called me a cracker you would be smacked like a hoe.
Cracker? Get a life and stop being such a snowflake
Cuss out the GM in front of the entire team and end up with a fine. Mayock is nothing more than a talking head in Oakland. Gruden and Davis just snipped his nuts.
Seems like the only time that Mayock has a say in that building is during the draft. That’s about it
This just in…. Mayock apologizes to AB for him being white.
Awesome
Poor Mayock just getting abused. AB should be suspended by the league forget Gruden he hit Mayock with AB’s new helmet. What a sham
The idiots focused on Brown saying “cracker” are funny. Let’s just gloss over him wanting to physically-assault the GM. Geez.
The Raiders are quite content to keep Brown despite all the garbage he pulls. Actually they seem to welcome it. It certainly gives them a new excuse when Gruden again coaches them to an unspectacular record and they miss the playoffs. Brown will be the (albeit deserved) scape goat for the team’s downfall.
Knew AB was dumb, didn’t know he was racist.
Tell me this team won’t implode.
A.B. apologized for his $30 million. His agent made him aware that they’d both lose if he didn’t. ABs calling MM a “cracker” is derogatory and racist, no doubt about that. Why this hasn’t been made more prominent is because the media is afraid I’ll cause a backlash from a race that used to be a minority but isn’t and all races are racist….to believe otherwise is being blind to reality.
So racial slurs are totally fine just as long as they’re directed at white people. Got it. At least we’re clear on that now.
Welcome to America. Yeah
Neither of you understands racism… the N word isn’t so awful because if it’s meaning— it’s awful because of the lynchings, violence, segregation, and brutality while people shouted “die n*****!” It’s dehumanizing.
Ain’t nobody been “lynched” when called cracker. There ain’t no Tulsa Race Riot (1921) for crackers. There ain’t no slavery whips on cracker backs. Etc.
i don’t know where you are from, but apparently ignorance is bliss. Cracker is most definitely a derogatory term, because it’s used to describe a certain race with disregard to feelings. Same as the word used to describe your ancestors. Wrong is wrong. Where/when I grew up, you fought for your race. Times have changed for the better thank God. But idiots like you are trying to move backwards again.
Very well put
‘Wrong is wrong.’
So jaywalking and murder are the same thing to you? I mean, wrong is wrong, right?
Give me a break. Cracker is a completely powerless word that only offends people who want to be offended. Grow up and quit being a baby.
Ask 100 white people if they’d be offended by a black person calling them a cracker. Maybe 10 people would, and the rest would probably laugh in your face.
Then ask 100 black people if they’d be offended by a white person calling them the N word. I can guarantee you that the number would be near 100.
Why? Because history and context matter. It’s why the K word towards Jewish people is offensive, or the C word towards Asians is. Those words have been used to oppress and degrade people. Cracker has not, which is why most white people don’t even care about it. Only the most thin-skinned babies who spend all day looking for something to be offended by care. Get a life and open a history book.
Your argument holds no weight. We are talking about words. So comparing jay walking to murder shows your ignorance. I’m not saying cracker is as bad as the n word. I’m saying calling someone a cracker is racist. And racism is wrong. Take your double standards and vote for Hillary again.
Antonio Brown is a legend and the greatest player of all time after this
Sarcasm noted but actually having a media lightning rod on the roster isn’t always a negative because it draws pressure away from some other individuals.