Terrance Knighton is one of the nicest guys in football. As the Denver Broncos start to rebuild after a disastrous loss in the divisional round, there's a chance they want him to be a part of that rebuilding process. There's just one potential problem with Knighton: his appetite.
Knighton over the past several years has been fined approximately $300,000 for weight-related issues. Mostly, the fines have been for Knighton missing weight markers, a person familiar with the situation told Bleacher Report.
In speaking with several people around the NFL, none could remember such a substantial fine amount over a weight issue. That doesn't mean it's never happened. It only means no one I spoke to can remember such a circumstance.
(One piece of good news on the fines: They are tax deductible, according to Robert Raiola, a CPA who tweets frequently on sports related tax issues.)
It's not unprecedented for a player to be fined over weight issues. Weight clauses are a tool some teams use to ensure players who traditionally can't keep the pounds off, do keep them off. Sometimes, they're not even clauses in contracts but simple team fines for being over a weight determined by the club. This is allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.
New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin will fine a player $400 a day for every pound he's overweight, according to ESPN. Other teams use similar tactics.
It can't be stressed how good a dude Knighton is viewed as by, well, almost everyone. He's a leader in the locker room and in December won the Darrent Williams Good Guy Award. The award was created in the memory of former Denver player Darrent Williams, who died in 2007. The award is given to the person, according to the team, who best exemplifies Williams' "enthusiasm, cooperation and honesty while dealing with members of the press."
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2325698-mike-freemans-10-point-stance-will-knightons-weight-keep-him-from-greatness
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