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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/r...r-walkie-talkie-use-vs-cowboys-170500276.html
The New York Giants aren’t expected to face punishment from the NFL beyond a fine for their use of walkie-talkies on the sideline last week during their game against the Dallas Cowboys, according to reports from NFL Network and ESPN.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday morning that the league said it has not made a final decision on whether it will fine the Giants, and how much the fine will be if it decides to go that route. However, other sources told Schefter the team will be fined.
Other teams’ officials have complained privately about the violation, and believe New York should lose a draft pick.
Though teams are allowed to have walkie-talkies on the sideline during games, coaches are not allowed to use them. Giants coach Ben McAdoo was spotted with a radio in his hand in the win over the Cowboys, when the team was having issues with the coach-to-quarterback communication system, which made it difficult to get plays to Eli Manning.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport cited sources who said the Giants used the radios for four or five plays during a drive that ended with an interception, and they were not on the same frequency as Dallas, so they did not hear any of the Cowboys’ plays.
The coach-to-quarterback communication system is monitored by a league employee, and they turn off with 15 seconds remaining on the clock. That isn’t possible with a walkie-talkie; and Rapoport wrote that it’s “not clear” whether the Giants benefited from those extra seconds.
The Giants’ behavior would seem to be on at least an equal plane as former Cleveland Browns’ general manager Ray Farmer, who was suspended four games in 2015 for texting team personnel on the sideline from his seat in the press box during games, questioning play-calling and personnel decisions. In addition to Farmer’s suspension, the Browns were fined $250,000.
However, the Cowboys did not make a formal complaint to the league, which may be the loophole the NFL uses to give the Giants only a slap on the wrist; it did the same thing a couple of weeks ago when it brushed aside the question of the PSI in Steelers’ footballs against the Giants, saying that since New York didn’t file a formal complaint, it wouldn’t open an investigation.
The New York Giants aren’t expected to face punishment from the NFL beyond a fine for their use of walkie-talkies on the sideline last week during their game against the Dallas Cowboys, according to reports from NFL Network and ESPN.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday morning that the league said it has not made a final decision on whether it will fine the Giants, and how much the fine will be if it decides to go that route. However, other sources told Schefter the team will be fined.
Other teams’ officials have complained privately about the violation, and believe New York should lose a draft pick.
Though teams are allowed to have walkie-talkies on the sideline during games, coaches are not allowed to use them. Giants coach Ben McAdoo was spotted with a radio in his hand in the win over the Cowboys, when the team was having issues with the coach-to-quarterback communication system, which made it difficult to get plays to Eli Manning.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport cited sources who said the Giants used the radios for four or five plays during a drive that ended with an interception, and they were not on the same frequency as Dallas, so they did not hear any of the Cowboys’ plays.
The coach-to-quarterback communication system is monitored by a league employee, and they turn off with 15 seconds remaining on the clock. That isn’t possible with a walkie-talkie; and Rapoport wrote that it’s “not clear” whether the Giants benefited from those extra seconds.
The Giants’ behavior would seem to be on at least an equal plane as former Cleveland Browns’ general manager Ray Farmer, who was suspended four games in 2015 for texting team personnel on the sideline from his seat in the press box during games, questioning play-calling and personnel decisions. In addition to Farmer’s suspension, the Browns were fined $250,000.
However, the Cowboys did not make a formal complaint to the league, which may be the loophole the NFL uses to give the Giants only a slap on the wrist; it did the same thing a couple of weeks ago when it brushed aside the question of the PSI in Steelers’ footballs against the Giants, saying that since New York didn’t file a formal complaint, it wouldn’t open an investigation.
