The good news for Sprinkle is that he won’t actually pay that fine. The NFL typically reduces a player’s fine if it’s more than 25 percent of his weekly pay for a first offense, and more than 50 percent of his weekly pay for a second offense. Here’s the rule, from Article 46 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement:

Maybe if the QB would throw to the correct team a Tight End wouldn’t be fined 40k for an illegal hit??

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