FanIQ.com - 12/27/2007
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In an odd way, this video of Barnett being tackled and taken down by a ref half his size serves of my favorite highlight of Week 16.
So I was a little surprised to see the headline this morning: Nick Barnett won't face any disciplinary action from the league . I sure hope not.
Can we get an unnecessary roughness called on an official? We've seen tackles like this on ...
Nick Barnett gets a noogie
theworldofisaac.blogspot.com 12/26/2007 — Coach Mike McCarthy up in arms because one of his players got owned by an official.
He was just giving him the business
Nick Barnett is sort of mad at that ref
100percentinjuryrate.blogspot.com 12/27/2007 — I didn't really think much of Nick Barnett being taken down by an NFL ref this past weekend. It only registered for about a second before I moved on to more important things, like figuring out how a perpetually drunk Kyle Orton could lead the ...
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NFL referee Jim Quirk breaks up a fight, takes down Nick Barnett in the process:
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NFL Fines Ref $8,000 For Getting All Choked Up —
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The NFL is in a fine mood again. But instead of taking away pay from the players, the league has removed money from a referee’s check :
The WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL reports that official Jim Quirk was fined $8,150 for “inappropriate physical contact with players” during last Sunday’s Green Bay-Chicago game.
Quirk was caught for taking down Packers LB Nick ...
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Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett got wrestled down by official Jim Quirk on Sunday (video below), and he's none too happy about it. >
He's so upset that he is going to file a grievance with the NFL against Quirk, according to ESPN. Barnett's agent accurately states that had his client done something to that effect, there would be hell to pay: >
"If Nick pushes [Quirk] to the ...
NFL Fines Official Game Check For Nick Barnett Takedown —
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Warren Sapp might disagree, but there is justice for the NFL player. Last Sunday, umpire Jim Quirk " Roy Williams-ed " Packers linebacker Nick Barnett to the ground in an effort to avoid a fracas. Barnett didn't take kindly to Quirk's modified half nelson and subsequently filed a grievance with the league . Two days ago, ESPN 's Chris Mortensen reported that "... Quirk had been told he went ...
Barnett Set to File Grievance Against Official —
Packers Gab
Linebacker Nick Barnett is set to file a grievance against a ref that pulled him down by the collar during Sunday’s blowout loss to the Bears Sunday in Chicago. The umpire - Jim Quirk, pulled Barnett down trying to break up a small skirmish during the game. Barnett was not all that happy about the takedown, and quickly came up and put his hands on the umpire. The league has ruled it ...
Nick Barnett - Pwn3d! —
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Thanks to Dill_Pickle at Yardbarker for bringing this to my attention. Watch umpire Jim Quirk decide that he's had enough of Packer LB Nick Barnett's participation in a little scrum with the Bears. My only disappointment is that Quirk could have totally put him in a German Suplex, but instead just went to the ground with him. Barnett has dropped his union grievance , instead asking for an ...
Nick Barnett Takes on City Hall —
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Nick Barnett wants an apology from the NFL and official Jim Quirk for the choke-hold Quirk administered on Barnett during a scuffle in last Sunday’s Bears-Packers game. Barnett was expected to file a formal grievance, but now appears to only want an apology .
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s expected response is to tell Barnett he’s lucky it wasn’t Ed ...
Crazy Barnett Flys Off the Deep End; Set to File Grievance Against Ump —
NFL Gridiron Gab
Packers linebacker Nick Barnett is set to file a grievance against a ref that pulled him down by the collar during Sunday’s blowout loss to the Bears Sunday in Chicago. The umpire - Jim Quirk, pulled Barnett down trying to break up a small skirmish during the game. Barnett was not all that happy about the takedown, and quickly came up and put his hands on the umpire. The league ...
Nick Barnett to File Grievance Against Official That Took Him Down —
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Yesterday, Michael David Smith showed you the moving pictures of umpire Jim Quirk slapping the camel clutch on Packers linebacker Nick Barnett . The first time I saw it I thought it was a bit much, but then again, I've never tried to break up a fight between a field full of angry meat heads. I can understand Quirk wanting to keep the peace, but as MDS pointed out , there are less physical ...
Ref Jim Quirk Tackles Packers' Nick Barnett —
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The oddest thing that happened at Soldier Field during Sunday's Bears beatdown of the Packers (other than, you know, a bad team blowing out a good team) was this tackle-from-behind that the umpire, Jim Quirk, put on Packers linebacker Nick Barnett: Quirk thought Barnett was about to get in a fight with a Bears player, so he grabbed him from behind around the neck and wrestled him to the ...
