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NBA Board of Governors to reportedly vote on fining teams for resting stars in nationally televised games

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The NBA Competition Committee is tired of teams resting star players during nationally televised games. The league's Board of Governors will vote Wednesday on a policy that would fine teams that sit star players during nationally televised contests, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

If the policy is passed, teams would reportedly face a $100,000 fine for a first violation. That figure would jump to $250,000 for the second violation and would then increase by $1 million for each subsequent violation, per Wojnarowski.

It's unclear whether teams will face a fine for sitting one star player in a nationally televised game or if multiple star players need to miss nationally televised games for a team to receive a fine.