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Football Hits All-Time Low as Randy Sanders is Docked Pay for Slapping Player’s Helmet

East Tennessee State football coach Randy Sanders lost one week’s pay in the softest way possible. The former Kentucky and Florida State offensive coordinator was reprimanded for slapping a player in the helmet.

That’s right. A slap to the helmet is worth one week’s salary.

The incident occurred during a Hail Mary drill on March 30. When a defensive player picked off a pass, he ran out of the end zone with the ball instead of taking a knee for a touchback. When Sanders told the player to take a knee, the player responded, “I’ll take a knee in the a game.