The Seahawks and coach Pete Carroll have been fined in excess of $300,000 and will lose two minicamp practices in 2015 for violating the no-contact rules that govern NFL offseason practices, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Seahawks, Pete Carroll fined for violating NFL’s offseason non-contact rules, per report
This has becoming a reoccurring theme in Seattle.
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The two days of mandatory minicamp @Seahawks lose in '15 are double practices each day & players must be paid, league confirms.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) August 26, 2014 Carroll’s fine was “at least” $100,000 and the Seahawks team was penalized “in excess of $200,000.” The penalties are reportedly the result of too much contact between players during a June 16 OTA practice, according to ESPN’s sources.
Per the CBA rules, Seahawks players are not permitted to be at the facility on the days of the lost practices, but will be paid for the sessions. The club cannot reschedule the cancelled days either.
This is not the first time that the Seahawks have been fined for violating practice rules during the offseason. Seattle was fined an undisclosed amount in 2012 for a similar violation and lost two OTA practices, and the team was also docked a practice last year for excessive physicality. The 2012 violations were also under the supervision of Carroll and the coach admitted at that time that it was a “learning process” for himself and the coaching staff.
The 2011 collective bargaining agreement bans physical contact between players during the offseason. A Seahawks spokesman and a league spokesman both declined immediate comment.
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