Last month, Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey and receiver Plaxico Burress acted up at a mandatory minicamp.  Both could be paying up for their behavior.

According to Mike Garafolo of the Newark Star-Ledger, the team fined Shockey $25,000 and Burress $42,000 for conduct detrimental to the team.

Shockey stayed inside Giants Stadium while the team practiced, and he got into a shouting match with G.M. Jerry Reese.  Burress missed five meetings and refused to practice due to the lack of a new contract.

The fines reportedly are being appealed by the NFLPA.

The Giants somehow kept the fines under wraps.  Coincidentally, news of the fines broke only after the Giants managed to unload Shockey to the Saints.  It’s possible that, if the Saints had known about the hostile posture between Shockey and the team, the Saints would not have been inclined to give up a second-round pick and a fifth-round pick to get him, under the assumption that a divorce was inevitable.

As to Burress, it’s unknown whether the fine will get Burress in line.  If he refuses to practice at training camp, he could end up being suspended.  Burress has recently said that he expects to get a new deal before camp opens.  He is signed through 2010.