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Source: ESPN | Category: Sports World | Date: Aug 21, 2026
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Cowboys, Saints fined $500K for practice brawls
"All clubs were reminded by memo prior to training camp of their responsibility in preventing unsportsmanlike behavior at joint practices that has the...
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- "All clubs were reminded by memo prior to training camp of their responsibility in preventing unsportsmanlike behavior at joint practices that has the potential to result in injury," a league spokesperson said in a statement Thursday.
- "Obviously there was a lot of non-football stuff in that joint practice unfortunately," Moore said on Thursday.
- "[The fine] does make the point that it's a serious matter and it starts with everybody at all levels of a club -- and the clubs in this case where two are practicing together," Jones said Thursday.
- "It really emphasizes the league's intent to control it from the very top, which when they start dealing out those kinds of fines, they get your attention." While there were two NFL officiating crews on hand for the practice, Jones said the lack of consequences in a practice can lead to things getting out of hand.
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"All clubs were reminded by memo prior to training camp of their responsibility in preventing unsportsmanlike behavior at joint practices that has the potential to result in injury," a league spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. "Obviously there was a lot of non-football stuff in that joint practice unfortunately," Moore said on Thursday. "[The fine] does make the point that it's a serious matter and it starts with everybody at all levels of a club -- and the clubs in this case where two are practicing together," Jones said Thursday. "It really emphasizes the league's intent to control it from the very top, which when they start dealing out those kinds of fines, they get your attention." While there were two NFL officiating crews on hand for the practice, Jones said the lack of consequences in a practice can lead to things getting out of hand. So it's understandable how they're coming down with a real severe fines." Jones said the Cowboys would fine their individual players, which is allowable under the CBA, that were involved in the fracases. "You have to have consequences and that needs to register," Jones said.