Falcons should be relieved to escape harsh punishment from NFL

The Atlanta Falcons were expected to get stung by the NFL. Instead, they got off somewhat unscathed. On Monday, the league announced a $350,000 fine and the loss of a fifth-round draft pick in 2016 as punishment for the Falcons for piping in crowd noise to the Georgia Dome over the past two seasons. Former director of marketing Roddy White, who was fired due to the incident, was determined to be directly responsible for the violation. Although no one else was cited for having knowledge of the situation, team president Rich McKay also was suspended from his role as chairman of the league’s competition committee from Wednesday until at least the end of June.



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