This season, the NFL has been cracking down on a number of rules in an effort to make sure the game is as fair and consistent every game for every team. The league has made it clear that it is cracking down on things like fake injuries and illegal electronic devices, and now it looks like there’s another thing the league is targeting another issue: improper people on the sideline.
According to NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the NFL has fined “several” teams for violating the league’s Field and Bench Area Access policies.
“Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL informed all teams earlier this month that “several” clubs have been fined the minimum amount of $150,000 for violating the Field and Bench Area Access policies,” Florio wrote on Pro Football Talk. “It’s part of the broader effort to ensure that only the proper people are in position to see and hear the things that happen in the bench area — and to potentially communicate that information to others or to act on it themselves.”
