NFL News OT: Antonio Brown suspended for lying about vaccination status

[BadMoFo]

NFL suspends Antonio Brown three games for "misrepresenting vaccination status"

When is a non-story a story?

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

What a shock.

 

[Rob0729]

Of course they just said he was going to miss the next 2-3 games due to injury. So basically other than the money, it isn't a punishment. He had the veteran minimum base salary. So he will only lose like $150k or so.

Granted if he paid his chef the $10k he owed the guy, he would be $140k or so richer by the end of this month.

 

[Nehalem]

And yet Aaron Rodgers escapes all punishment

 

[slam]

Don’t mind that.

Say, wasn’t there another prominent player who lied about vaccination status?

 

[Rob0729]

Don’t mind that.

Say, wasn’t there another prominent player who lied about vaccination status?

Rodgers lied to the public, not the NFL. The NFL doesn't require players to give truthful vaccination statuses to the media only to the NFL.

 

[Fuzz]

Mike Edwards (Bucs) and John Franklin (FA - most recently with Bucs) also suspended for same amount of time.

Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown, S Mike Edwards, along with FA John Franklin, suspended for COVID-19 violations

Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown, S Mike Edwards and free-agent WR John Franklin have been suspended three games for violating NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols.

www.nfl.com

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Shouldn't he be prosecuted for this?

 

[RobertWeathers]

This guy is a walking calamity.

 

[Rob0729]

The NFL was supposedly holding NFL teams responsible for violations of the COVID protocols. Shouldn't the Bucs be punished too?

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

He is out with an injury anyways so this doesn't mean much really.

 

[Wozzy]

AB screws his team over yet again… lol

The funniest part is the only reason they got caught is because in typical Antonio behavior he screwed over someone in his employ by not paying them… now he loses three game checks and has to pay a fine.

Should have just paid your chef you cheap fcker. Tom’s love affair with this sociopath is hurting his teams.

 

[Rob0729]

Also, the NFL said this would be a personal conduct issue and since Brown was in the program already, his punishment should have been harsher as a repeat offender.

 

[Fuzz]

He misled his teammates and staff as well. I'm sure he'll lose some friends over this. Would not be surprised if the team decides to punish him further.

 

[amfootball]

He misled his teammates and staff as well. I'm sure he'll lose some friends over this. Would not be surprised if the team decides to punish him further.

Lol. Bucs aren't going to do a thing.

 

[carmelo15]

He misled his teammates and staff as well. I'm sure he'll lose some friends over this. Would not be surprised if the team decides to punish him further.

haha nobody gives a ****

 

[SHOWTIME15]

So the question becomes, will Antonio Brown get vaccinated now? If he doesn't, what choice does Tampa have and release him?

 

[chasa]

remember all that bluster by arians about AB, and how one slip up and he was going to be off the team?

Bruce Arians sucks.

Also this confirms he used a fake card, isn't that a felony?

 

[Fuzz]

haha nobody gives a ****

we'll see

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

So the question becomes, will Antonio Brown get vaccinated now? If he doesn't, what choice does Tampa have and release him?

Brady the GM ain't gonna allow that.

 

[VectorPrime]

You are seriously seriously stupid if you think for one damn second that more than like 5% of PLAYERS think less of these guys except that they were dumb enough to get caught. You think Aaron Rodgers lost the locker room due to being unvaxxed? No he didn’t lie to the team but he sure as hell lied to everyone else. No one cares.

And I speak as someone who supports vaccine mandates. But I’m not naive, most players don’t care and if left up to them a ton wouldn’t get the vax because many are pretty dumb.