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By Michael Gallagher
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The NFL caused quite a stir this week with the amount of fines they dished out, especially to players for their respective touchdown celebrations.
Among those were San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, who the NFL fined $14,926 for a celebration in which it believed he was imitating chugging a beer, and Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson, who was also fined for a similar celebration.
“Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson was fined $13,611 for what the NFL said was his ‘imitation of shotgunning a beer’ Sunday vs. Washington that ‘constituted an offensive demonstration and could reasonably could be construed as being in poor taste,’” ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted.
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Any player assessed a fine by the NFL has the right to appeal, which is exactly what Ferguson plans to do.
“Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson is appealing his $13,611 shotgunning-a-beer fine,” Schefter wrote in a follow-up tweet.
Ferguson has a process he needs to go through to get his fine thrown out, which includes having his case heard by one of three appeals officers. All three are former players.
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“If a player protests a ruling, he schedules a hearing with the NFL, and his case is assigned to one of the league’s current appeals officers, Derrick Brooks, Jordy Nelson, or James Thrash, who are jointly appointed and paid by the NFL/NFLPA,” the NFL rulebook states. “Cases are assigned randomly, so neither side in the appeals process knows who will hear a case.
“The officer assigned reviews the play and hears the league’s case and the player’s defense. The officer’s decision is final, and the ruling is binding. If the discipline is upheld, the league withholds the amount of the fine from the player’s next check. If the player’s fine is rescinded, he will receive notification of the decision, and no money will be taken from his check.”
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