NFL assistant receives fine for shoving former Alabama player
By Keith Farner
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There’s been more fallout from the Week 1 shoving incident that involved Ronnie Harrison of the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs assistant Greg Lewis.
A report from Yahoo Sports said that the NFL Players Association said Monday that it has been informed that Lewis was fined for his part in a sideline altercation with Harrison during their Week 1 game. This contradicts an NFL Network report last week that only Harrison would be fined for the incident. The amount of the fine was not disclosed.
“It has been communicated to us that the Chiefs coach was fined by the NFL,” union president J.C. Tretter told Yahoo Sports on Monday.
Harrison was ejected from the game, and fined $12,128 for the exchange with Lewis, which began when the running backs coach shoved Harrison following a first-quarter sideline tackle of running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Video replay angles showed Harrison stepping away after tackling Edwards-Helaire, but then briefly planting a foot on the running back after Harrison had been bumped backward by a Chiefs offensive lineman.
Ronnie Harrison pushes a coach?????? pic.twitter.com/fAFbPp9uX0
— Slightly Biased (@BiasedSlightly) September 12, 2021
Despite reports to the contrary, the @NFLPA and president @JCTretter said the union was told in writing that #Chiefs assistant coach Greg Lewis was fined for shoving #Browns safety Ronnie Harrison. The #NFL didn’t return a request for comment on it. https://t.co/CetP6QMwKd
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) September 21, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
