The other shoe has fallen in regards to the New England Patriots’ punishment for their reported offseason violation.
According to the Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard, coach Bill Belichick was fined $50,000 for the infraction. That news comes a day after it was revealed the Patriots had been stripped of two voluntary organized team activity days on their schedule.
Thursday’s session, which was slated to be the first open to the media, was cancelled by the team on Wednesday. Another session next week is expected to also be cancelled.
It remains to be seen if that date will fall in line with the next scheduled open practice, which is slated for Wednesday, May 31.