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Barnett fined ... and fined ... and fined ...

Friday, September 19, 2008

Barnett fined ... and fined ... and fined ...
Nick Barnett is on a bad streak when it comes to keeping his paycheck.

As the Press-Gazette's Pete Dougherty first reported last month, Barnett played the season opener against Minnesota for free, forfeiting his game check because of a violation of the NFL's personal conduct policy.

In the season's first two weeks, Barnett has been fined twice more. An NFL spokesman confirmed this morning that Barnett was fined $7,500 for a play in each game -- a horse-collar tackle of Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson on Sept. 8, and "helmet to helmet contact" on a hit on Lions quarterback Jon Kitna last week. Neither play drew a flag.

Counting the loss of 1/17 of his base salary ($117,647) in Week 1, Barnett now has lost $132,647 in a matter of weeks, pending appeal. He's slated to make $2 million in base salary this season, plus bonuses totaling $775,000.

-- Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com