“I am not happy about it,’’ Johnson said. “I knew I was going to get a fine, but I am totally upset about how much. I am going to appeal. … There’s no fun in this league. I was trying to have fun and they want to penalize us for having fun.’’
Following his 66-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter, Johnson ran over to the Chiefs pep band and began banging on its conga drums. He was penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Johnson pointed out that Bengals receiver Chad Ocho Cinco’s touchdown celebration against the Titans last season — he got behind a television camera and pointed it at the field — resulted in a $7,500 fine.
Chris Johnson was just welcomed to the No Fun League. It's a shame that we have a league that just wants everything to be about the NFL shield instead of the players that help make them the millions upon millions of dollars every year. Although, we shouldn't be shocked, since the NFL and the Players Union have made it a habit of chewing these guys up, spitting them out and then ignoring them when their health turns south because of the years of abuse their bodies took.
I, for one, enjoyed CJ's celebration and I hope this ridiculously high fine doesn't keep him from having some fun in the future.
NFL fines Titans rookie $10,000 for touchdown celebration [The Tennessean]
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