The weirdest story to unfold within the NFL over the previous couple of weeks started with the league issuing various fines to gamers for celebrating large performs by pretending to chug an invisible beverage.
Dallas Cowboys tight finish Jake Ferguson and San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk had been among the many gamers fined.
The fines had been rightly mocked, due to all of the issues the NFL may try to noticeably crack down on, that appeared to be a weird line within the sand.
On Wednesday, the NFL not only rescinded the previously issued fines, it additionally introduced, by means of a joint assertion with the NFLPA, that such celebrations will now not be topic to self-discipline or fines.
NFL will enable drink-chugging celebrations
The NFL clarified that any celebration that depicts violence (together with weapons, knives and gang-related indicators), smoking or something sexually suggestive would nonetheless be topic to penalties, fines or each.
However pretending to take a drink?
That is now OK.
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