Riders fine John Gruden, docked draft pick for violating COVID-19 protocol associated with Trent Brown


The Las Vegas Riders were fined 500 500,000, coach John Gruden was fined અને 150,000, and the franchise was released from the sixth round of the 2021 draft pick, in late October Was done. According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports.

Losing an extra penalty and a draft pick is the result of the Raiders being a repeat offender of the NFL’s Covid-19 policy. Back in Week 2, Gruden was fined 000 100,000 by the league for failing to properly cover his face during the team’s win over Saints. The raiders were fined an additional 000 250,000.

Las Vegas has now lost more than 1.2 million in fines related to the NFL cove, According to Tom Paliser of the NFL Network. The raiders were fined 000 350,000 for violating the mask, $ 165,000 for mask-less players on the fundraiser, $ 50,000 for visiting in an unauthorized locker room, and $ 650,000 for Brown’s condition.

Brown was hospitalized after suffering an accident with an IV before the Raiders’ 16-6 win over the Browns last Sunday. Brown, who was taken to hospital before the start of the game, had air in his bloodstream and needed immediate medical attention. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapport and Tom Palliser. Brown, who recently dropped off the team’s reserve-covid-19 list, tested positive for the virus less than three weeks ago.

“We’re just saying he fell ill in the locker room here and is being assessed right now,” Gruden said of Brown after the game, via ESPN’s Paul Guterres. “We’ll update you as soon as we know something. But I’ve been told everything is OK. We were expecting Trent to play today; he had a great practice on Friday.”

Raiders quarterback Derek Carey described what it was like to see Brown being taken to hospital before he kicked off.

“Suddenly, we come in and they’re kicking him out and I say, ‘Bro, what’s going on?’ He was insane and so we prayed, ”Carey said. “As a team we prayed for him, we made sure he was fine, his family, because I’m sure they were scared to death.”

“We were only able to write a beautiful book here in my seven years.” “There’s been some crazy stuff like that. And there was another one of them today.”

Prior to Thursday night’s fine, the Titans were fined 000 350,000 by the league last month, while a total of ટે 1,000 was fined by the league after 24 members of Tennessee tested positive for the virus.