According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the NFL has fined the New Orleans Saints $500,000 and stripped the franchise of a seventh round selection in the 2021 NFL Draft after the team posted several videos of mask-less players celebrating in the locker room following their 38-3 victory over the Bucs in Week 9.
Saints are fined $500,000 and have a 7th-round draft pick taken away for post-game maskless celebrations after win in Tampa, sources tell ESPN.https://t.co/srjLEuOb6w
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 29, 2020
The breach of protocol has made the Saints repeat offenders, after head coach Sean Payton was fined $100,000 and the team $250,000 when Payton failed to wear a mask in Week 2 against Las Vegas.
The loss of their seventh round pick leaves New Orleans with just four current selections in the 2021 NFL Draft, including first, second, fourth and sixth round picks. The Saints are currently in the driver’s seat for their fourth consecutive division title, with a 1.5-game lead on the Bucs heading into Week 12.
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About the Author: Jon Ledyard
Screw the NFL.
Agreed here. Players are playing other players not on their team without masks. Then after winning convincingly, they celebrate in the locker room with their own teammates. That’s now a problem? WTF? Let those players enjoy putting in the work before and during the game to execute a dominate win. The celebration is with their own players. Are we back to the the No Fun League again? Sure, I hate the beat down, but the Saints earned that win and I can’t hate them on celebrating not only defeating a division rival, but a possible playoff nemesis. They got our… Read more »