Week 16 Fine Blotter Part One: Two big names, and they BOTH should be suspended!

If you want any idea as to why the Personal Conduct and Player Safety Initiatives are a fucking joke in the NFL, please explain to me why either of these two high-profile NFL players are playing this week...

According to an anonymous source:

• Baltimore Ravens:  Ed Reed has added yet another to his list.  This is now a THREE-TIME LOSER, just five weeks after narrowly dodging a suspension.  This fine is $55,000 for another of those defenseless hits in the head and neck, this one on Victor Cruz of the Giants.
• Carolina Panthers:  Cam Newton.  Yes, CAM NEWTON.  $21,000 for bumping the referee and abusing the official in the game against Oakland.  Not only is he not suspended, he wasn't even tossed -- the ref, reportedly, saying that the bump was not malicious.