{"id":1541941,"date":"2022-12-10T15:52:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1541941"},"modified":"2022-12-10T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:52:45","slug":"saints-fire-back-nfl-550k-fakegate-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/saints-fire-back-nfl-550k-fakegate-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Fire Back at NFL After $550K ‘Fakegate' Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
After “Spygate,” “Deflategate,” and “Bountygate<\/a>,” welcome to the latest NFL “-gate” scandal, “Fakegate.” A decade after “Bountrygate,” the New Orleans Saints<\/a> are joining the New England Patriots with their second controversy. This time, it is about defensive players faking injuries to slow down the opposing offense at the end of games. The Saints player accused of [and assessed a fine for] doing this is Cameron Jordan in the team's Week 13 game vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And like any good “-gate” scandal, of course, Tom Brady is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When an NFL offense is rolling, going fast to catch the defense off guard and keep tired players on the field is the norm. As this is happening, there is often little a defense can do to stop the snowball from rolling downhill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only option to get a breather on defense in these situations is for a player to go down with an “injury” to stop the flow of play. Is it good sportsmanship to do this? No. Is it illegal in the game? Not technically. Does it happen somewhat regularly on a given NFL weekend? Absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The league office is trying to cut down on this practice and is now fining players who they deem to be injury fakers after the fact. They announced this to teams in a league-wide memo sent out on Friday, December 2, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five teams have received fines for faking injuries this season. In Week 13, the Saints and Cameron Jordan were on that list.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSaints deny Cameron Jordan was faking an injury in Week 13<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n