Texans CB Robinson was fined $25,000 for conduct detrimental to the team

For wearing a pair of “pay me Rick” shoes during Sunday’s game, the Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson will have to pay $25,000 to the team, because his conduct was considered to be “detrimental” to the team.

The shoes targeted general manager Rick Smith, who did not give Robinson a long-term contract despite signing his franchise tender more than a week ago. As starter in Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, Robinson failed to lead the team to a victory, partly because he had less than a week of practice before the game.

Robinson told reporters that he accepted the punishment and would pay the fine, but he would like to have talk with Smith about donating the money to a Boys and Girls Club or a needy family.

Texans owner McNair denied lawsuit against NFLPA

On Wednesday, the Houston Texans owner Bob McNair allegations that he and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met with former NFLPA president Troy Vincent and other union members secretly to discuss NFL labor talks.

“There’s no truth to it at all,” McNair told Houston television station KRIV. “There was never any involvement on my part or Kris Brown or Mark Bruener.”

“I meet with Kris, Mark and Chester (Pitts) and other players who are not player representatives about a number of things,” he said. “Just recently, some of the players met with me about the music we play at the (Reliant) Stadium. What (Moran) suggests is completely without foundation. It is outrageous.”

The allegations were in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed against the NFLPA last week by union employee Mary Moran, who said that she was a confidential informant for the Labor Department and gave investigators evidence of the meeting.