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.