{"id":861805,"date":"2026-09-26T22:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/861805\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:24:12","slug":"nflpa-players-werent-told-about-sudden-decision-to-fine-drinking-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/861805\/","title":{"rendered":"NFLPA: Players weren&#8217;t told about sudden decision to fine drinking celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the league cracked down on the scourge of (checks notes) players pretending to drink an invisible beverage. (<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/bud-light-leans-in-to-fines-for-beer-celebrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">To the delight<\/a> of the league\u2019s official beer sponsor.)<\/p>\n<p>The sudden decision to fine players for illegal beveraging was a surprise to most. Including the NFL Players Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players nor the union were given notice that these acts would constitute a fine,\u201d an NFLPA spokesperson told PFT in a statement. \u201cIn some instances players have been doing these same celebrations for years and they have never been an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed they have. The attached photo of 49ers fullback Kule Juszczyk taking a drink of air comes not from the Dolphins-49ers game played on September 20, 2026 but from the Dolphins-49ers game played on December 4, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with the league on how to resolve the fines from last week and how to ensure players have proper notice going forward,\u201d the NFLPA said.<\/p>\n<p>The best outcome would be to suspend the fines and to reach an agreement moving forward regarding whether and to what extent the No Fun League is now the No Chug League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, the league cracked down on the scourge of (checks notes) players pretending to drink an invisible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-861805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}