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NFL fines Quinn Meinerz $15,000 for posting drug-test notice
Denver Broncos offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz was fined $15,000 by the NFL for posting a drug-test notice on social media.
The notice came after Denver’s Week 3 win over the Los Angeles Rams, in which Meinerz faced defensive tackle Aaron Donald.
The test was for performance-enhancing drugs.
NFL rules prohibit players from sharing testing notifications or other material from the sample-collection process.
The policy sets a $15,000 fine for a violation.
Meinerz is appealing the punishment.
The appeal will determine whether the fine stands.
The NFL fined Broncos offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz $15,000 for posting a drug-test notice on social media.
Meinerz received the notice after Denver’s Week 3 win over the Rams.
The league’s policy prohibits sharing images of testing notifications on social media.
Meinerz is appealing the fine, according to the Denver Post’s Parker Gabriel.
- Who
- The NFL fined Broncos offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz.
- What
- He was fined $15,000 for posting a notice of a PED test on social media.
- When
- After Denver’s Week 3 win over the Rams; the date is not stated.
- Where
- On social media. The game’s location is not stated.
- Why
- The NFL policy prohibits posting images of testing notifications or sharing information about the collection process on social media.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Meinerz and the Broncos beat the Rams.
Meinerz received a notice of a drug test and posted it on social media.
The NFL fined Meinerz $15,000, and he appealed the punishment.
- Fine
- $15,000
- Player
- Quinn Meinerz
- Team
- Denver Broncos
- Game
- Week 3 win over the Rams
- Policy
- Prohibits sharing testing notifications on social media
What people are saying
any recording or photography of any stage of the collection process via any media (audio or visual), including but not limited to screen shots of testing notifications, video of the collectors or the collection of a specimen, and sharing such information via any social media is not permitted.
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