The Las Vegas Raiders are going to feel the teeth of the NFL’s battle to keep teams clean of COVID-19. And it is going to be costly.
Yahoo’s Charles Robinson is reporting Las Vegas will lose a sixth-round pick in 2021, the team will be fined $500,000, and coach Jon Gruden will be sacked for $150,000 for COVID-19 protocol violations.
The Raiders are considered repeat offenders, hence the heavy price they will pay.
Sources: #NFL will fine the Las Vegas #Raiders $500,000 & coach Jon Gruden $150,000 and strip the team of a 6th round draft pick for COVID-19 protocol violations related to OT Trent Brown’s positive test in late October. Escalated fines/pick were due to being a “repeat offender”.
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) November 6, 2020
The sanctions are the strongest yet delivered by the NFL, exceeding the $350,000 penalty delivered to the Tennessee Titans in October for protocol violations that were discovered in that franchise in October. The latest fines bring the Raiders’ financial tally to $800,000 docked this season — and Gruden’s individual fine tally to $250,000 — for violations stemming from Brown’s positive test in late October, a non-credentialed employee being allowed into the team’s locker room after a Week 2 win over the New Orleans Saints on “Monday Night Football,” and an additional fine for Gruden failing to wear a mask properly during that same game. Las Vegas also had 10 players fined a total of $165,000 for failing to adhere to COVID-19 protocols during a charity event in late September.
