Switzer Fined a Record $75,000

Barry Switzer was fined $75,000 by Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones, who said his coach’s arrest on a gun charge brought “pain and embarrassment” to a team trying to repair its image. The fine is the largest imposed on an NFL coach.

“It’s a serious and significant fine,” Jones said. “I made the fine what I made it because of his role as a coach..”

Jones said Switzer’s job was not in jeopardy.

Switzer, who earns an estimated $1 million a year, said he accepted the fine and the responsibility for his actions.

Switzer was arrested Monday for carrying a loaded, unlicensed .38-caliber pistol in his luggage at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport.

In other news, offensive lineman Erik Williams was served with a paternity suit alleging he is the father of a boy born July 9 to his longtime girlfriend, Shelley West, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

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Chicago Bear defensive tackle Chris Zorich will undergo surgery Friday to repair torn ligaments in his right thumb, the team said. Zorich is expected to miss 2-5 weeks.