In an yet another effort to crack down on overtly unruly behavior of NFL players during games, the league has now announced plans to being penalizing players who use the “N-word” along with other offensive racial and anti-gay slurs on the field.
via ESPN
The head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which monitors diversity in the NFL, expects the league to institute a rule where players would be penalized 15 yards for using the N-word on the field.
John Wooten, the head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, anticipates that the NFL’s competition committee will enact the rule at the owners’ meeting next month. READ MORE
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