http://ppt.cc/Z7ON (原文很長 節錄部分)
Not all basketball players can dunk. Not every coach can take his team to the
playoffs. But anyone in the N.B.A. can be fined — and lately, it seems,
almost everyone has.
Last month the N.B.A. issued 21 fines and suspensions — a punitive spree
that amounted to about $602,882. If all those penalties raised some eyebrows,
it was for good reason. The number of punishments in November matched the
total from the first full calendar month of the previous three N.B.A. seasons
And that sum did not include fines for the 343 technical fouls and 21
flagrant fouls called in games last month. Those infractions bring automatic
fines of $2,000 each.