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Report: NFL to fine teams for posting unapproved videos to Facebook, Twitter
Report: NFL to fine teams for posting unapproved videos to Facebook, Twitter
The NFL is cracking down on social media posts and tweets.Starting this weekend, per a report, the NFL will fine teams that post unapproved videos to their official social media accounts during games.NFL cracks down on game-day social posts by teams, threatens fines of up to $100,000 for BREAKING THE RULES: https://t.co/QwgI1qXilr — Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) October 6, 2016Per a subsequent report, the first offense garners a $25,000 fine and the second offense carries a $50,000 fine.
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Ranking six teams that missed NFL playoffs last year and chances to make it in 2017
Ranking six teams that missed NFL playoffs last year and chances to make it in 2017
Since the NFL expanded to a 32-team league back in 2002, the league's annual postseason tournament has featured an average of 5.8 teams that did not participate in the playoffs the year before.There have been as many as eight new teams in the playoffs (2003) and never fewer than four (2012 and 2015).As of this writing, six teams are in position to make the postseason after missing it last year, two from the AFC and four from the NFC.
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NFL could fine its own teams for social media posts
NFL could fine its own teams for social media posts
As noted by Pro Football Talk, these new rules actually loosen restrictions that had existed on using video from games, and recorded at the stadium on gameday.But the penalties put in place mean that for a first-time violation, a team could be fined $25,000 for an offending post, which ramps up to $50,000 the second time, and $100,000 plus the loss of rights to post league content for a third strike.Mashable revealed that banned behavior includes tweeting video during the restricted time period, other than resharing video from official league accounts.
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