{"id":365355,"date":"2025-12-24T06:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/365355\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T06:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:05:07","slug":"nfl-wont-punish-fan-involved-in-altercation-with-dk-metcalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/365355\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL won&#8217;t punish fan involved in altercation with DK Metcalf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neither the NFL nor the Lions will punish the fan involved in the altercation with Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the league found \u201cno violation of the fan code of conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kennedy, the Lions fan involved in the confrontation, issued a statement through a Michigan law firm <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/defamation-lawsuit-could-be-coming-against-dk-metcalf-and-others\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201ccategorically\u201d denying<\/a> \u201cusing the \u2018N-word,\u2019 the \u2018C-word\u2019 or any racial, misogynistic, or hate-based language during the incident.\u201d He told the Detroit Free Press on Sunday that calling Metcalf by his full name \u2014 DeKaylin Zecharius Metcalf \u2014 is what angered Metcalf.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, who was in the front row of the stands behind the Steelers bench, had his shirt collar grabbed by Metcalf before Metcalf forcefully released him, shoving him backward.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL suspended Metcalf for two games for engaging in conduct detrimental to the NFL, and an appeals officer <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/nfl-upholds-dk-metcalfs-two-game-suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">upheld the suspension<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neither the NFL nor the Lions will punish the fan involved in the altercation with Steelers wide receiver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-365355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}