Posted on 09/22/2020 2:34:32 AM PDT by Libloather
Pete Carroll, Vic Fangio and Kyle Shanahan have been fined $100,000 for not wearing masks during their team's games this past Sunday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Seahawks, Broncos and 49ers were fined an additional $250,000. The three fines added up to $1.05 million.
The fines came a week after Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive VP of football operations, sent a strongly worded memo to all 32 teams reminding them of the importance of wearing face covering during games. The memo also stated that future discipline could be enforced to coaches who don't comply with the league's rules. This season, any non-player in the "bench area," which is defined as each sideline between the 30-yard lines, is required to wear a mask at all times.
"We must remain vigilant and disciplined in following the processes and protocols put in place by not only the league, union and clubs, but also by state and local governments," the memo read. "Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in accountability measures being imposed against offending individuals and/or clubs ... Becoming careless or ignoring face covering and physical distancing requirements will put the 2020 season at risk."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...
I didn’t even realize that the NFL played this past weekend.
My, how things have changed.
These guys make so much money, do these fines actually hurt them???
Pete Carroll couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask because he was too busy running his mouth about the evil white man.
Bandits are supposed to wear masks.
Yep! He went to the dark side and the dark side bit. Play with matches and you get burned. I love seeing it. Only thing is I wish it was 30 million. Perhaps that might wake him up.
We're BORN with a fierce independent streak in our genomes.
Would they have fined Fauci for not wearing a mask at the ballgame he went to?
if you once knew then that means you are senile now because it has always started in the middle of September :-) being senile isn’t anything to be proud of :-)
See I’m not watching them this year because of all of the garbage but even 30 years from now when I am 82 I will know that by September 20th the NFL season has started. And if I don’t then I will be senile :-)
The mask is SHOW...it does nothing but prove to low IQ liberals that the NFL cares about people. (While the players in the field beat the crap out of each other...we used to call this hypocrisy).
Not any punishment for rioters, but hundreds of thousands for not wearing a mask.
What. A. Joke.
That kind of money is enough to sue over. JAMA disagrees with the NFL about masks - as does the CDC, even.
Pete Carroll is a Leftist, Ignorant POS.
Never thought he was a great coach, either. A puss-wad.
A federal US District Judge issued a ruling last Monday that declared in no uncertain terms that the coronavirus lock-down orders are unconstitutional.. cannot be enforced…
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3884234/posts
Democrat politicians often do not wear masks / no social distancing ..
Executive orders are not for the dear leaders, just for everyone else.
This is how the NFL can feed itself. It can transfer funds from the rich players and coaches to pay for itself. Perfect cannibalism! Beginnings of internal mutiny?
The NFL needs more money for its massive BLM outreach program.
Weird...I saw Pete wearing a mask.
This all for show. Bravado and bluster. It means nothing.
The NFL is no longer relevant to American culture or society.
These are the brains running the NFL - wear a mask outside where there is no chance of catching the virus
But players on the field don’t have to?
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