Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman may have been outside a Los Angeles nightclub, and he may have been interviewing with an anonymous TMZ cameraman, but he seemed pretty serious when asked about his feelings on league fines for violations of league policy.
Newman apparently believes that league commissioner Roger Goodell fines players for his own monetary benefit, especially since he took a pay cut from his usual $10 million salary to $1 once the lockout occurred.
"I think Goodell needs to make money because he said he's going to take a dollar instead of his $10 million," Newman said. "So he needs to fine people and he's going to get the money that he fines people with. That's what I get out of it."
When the interviewer asked him to further explain his stance on the subject, the eight-year veteran got even more heated, and that's when he started shouting that Goodell is "screwing the players."
"He's pocketing all of that. Roger Goodell is pocketing that and he's screwing the players," Newman said. "Roger Goodell is screwing the players and he is pocketing all that."
The former first-round pick went on to discuss the impact that the lockout will have on the general public and how many jobs will be affected if there is no football next season.
"There has to be an NFL," Newman said. "There's a lot of people that are going to be without jobs without the NFL."
