NFL tosses penalty flags over lack of masks

The National Football League has issued $100,000 fines to three of its head coaches for not wearing masks on the sidelines during the game in Week 2, according to Sports Illustrated.

 

The league says it sent memos to all coaches after the first games, reminding them that forgoing a face covering is now against its rules, yet the Denver Broncos’ Vic Fangio, the Seattle Seahawks’ Pete Carroll and the San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan committed the COVID-19 safety violation.

 

In addition to the $100,000 fines, the teams were fined another $250,000, according to ESPN.

 

As tattletale celebrity news site TMZ.com pointed out Tuesday, this is just the beginning: “These likely won’t be the last of the punishments this week either ... because both Raiders’ Jon Gruden and Saints’ Sean Payton didn’t wear their masks properly on Monday Night Football.”

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