The NFL suspended three players, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown, saying the 'players misrepresented their vaccination status.'
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Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins explains why frustrations, when it comes to taunting and ticky-tack roughing the passer calls, should be directed at the league and the competition committee, and not as much on the referees, who are taking orders from the former.The NFL suspended three players, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown, on Thursday for violating COVID-19 protocols.
Brown, Bucs teammate Mike Edwards and free agent John Franklin III are ineligible to play the next three weeks and won't be paid during that period. All three have waived their right to appeal, meaning the suspensions go into effect immediately.that Brown obtained a fake vaccination card to bypass the NFL's virus protocols.
The league did not specifically reveal how the players, who were represented by the NFL Players Association during a review of their cases, circumvented the protocols. But the NFL offered in a statement that the"players misrepresented their vaccination status under the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 Protocols. That review supported those allegations and found that the three players violated the protocols.
The league and union said in a joint statement:"The health and safety of players and personnel is our top priority. The protocols were jointly developed working with our respective experts to ensure that we are practicing and playing football as safely as possible during the ongoing pandemic. The NFL-NFLPA jointly reinforce their commitment and further emphasize the importance of strict adherence to the protocols to protect the well-being of everyone associated with the NFL.
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