Travis Kelce fined for hand gesture in NFL game

The biggest prima of the NFL, Travis Kelce, the backmost of the Kansas City Chiefs, recovered himself successful the halfway of attraction of the American nationalist due to the fact that of the punishment the league imposed connected him aft gesticulating successful the crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles.

According to the NFL's statement, that manus motion was "obscure and offensive". Because of this, Kelce will person to wage astir 15,000 dollars, much precisely 14,491 American bills. 

This condemnation caused a tempest of comments among fans and the media, particularly since Travis is successful a narration with singing mega-star Taylor Swift.

The Chiefs started the play with 2 losses. First, they mislaid to the Los Angeles Chargers 21-27, and past to the Philadelphia Eagles 17-20. Tonight they yet celebrated a 22-9 triumph against the New York Giants. 

However, the NFL decided to punish Kelsey for the motion helium made during the crippled with the Eagles. After gaining 23 yards successful the 3rd quarter, helium pointed to his crotch, which the contention interpreted arsenic unacceptable.

Fines and reactions

The NFL's determination drew further attraction due to the fact that the motion was broadcast connected unrecorded TV. 

"It is unacceptable behaviour connected the field, particularly erstwhile it is watched by millions of people," the league said, explaining the reasons for the punishment.

However, this fiscal authorisation volition not impact Kelce excessively much, considering that helium earns astir 40 cardinal dollars annually from the declaration with the Kansas City Chiefs. Many fans judge that the punishment is symbolic and shows much that the league wants to support definite standards of behaviour than it represents a superior fiscal stroke to the player.

Kelce is simply a subordinate who earns a monolithic magnitude of money.

Travis Kelce continues to beryllium 1 of the astir impactful players successful the NFL, and his quality to summation yards and pb the squad makes him a cardinal subordinate of the Chiefs. And portion fans volition remark connected the gesture, the team's absorption remains connected the crippled and results successful the caller season.

With this move, the NFL has erstwhile again shown that it strictly monitors subordinate behavior, but besides that fiscal penalties seldom person a existent interaction connected the league's apical stars.