NEW YORK (AP) – When NFL owners meet in Dallas next week, they will see a video of clean hits in games played since the league’s crackdown on flagrant fouls.
NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson tells The Associated Press that the video “clearly shows players making adjustments” and that some former rule-breakers when it came to hitting defenseless players “have gotten the message.”
The league announced seven weeks ago it would fine players heavily and perhaps suspend them for illegal hits after a rash of such tackles on Oct. 17. While the amount of fines has increased – several players have been docked $40,000 or more – no one has been suspended.
Anderson warned, though, that “there should be no confusion” about suspensions being handed out if the fines are not enough of a deterrent.
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