re: NFL coaches and masks? Is it political? PR? Optics?

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NFL coaches get fined

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The first week Carroll got fined and Sean Payton because they both wore the mask around their necks the entire game.

Players don't have to wear it but the coaches do...the camera is on them.

Head coaches who have been fined by the NFL for violating rules of wearing face masks on the sidelines have appealed, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports, per source.

Vic Fangio, Jon Gruden, Sean Payton, Kyle Shanahan and Pete Carroll are the head coaches appealing the $100,000 penalty assessed by the league last week in its effort to uphold COVID-19 protocols and safety. Their respective teams -- Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks -- were also fined $250,000, bringing a grand total of fines to $1.7 million.

$100,000 are you kidding me? Why are coaches being singled out?