The NFL fined the Atlanta Falcons and its defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich with $ 250,000 and $ 100,000, respectively, by the telephone joke that Ulbrich's son made to Shedeur Sanders during the recent NFL draft. Ulbrich's 21 -year -old son admitted to having made the call and apologized on Instagram on Sunday. The Falcons reported in a statement last Sunday that Jax Ulbrich scored his father's open iPad number while visiting the paternal house “and then making a telephone joke.”
Sanders, a 23 -year -old quarter, former collegial football buffalo and One of Donald Trump's weaknessesI was waiting for the phone last Friday with the hope of being selected on the second day of the draft but what was found was A video on social networks receiving a call from someone who was posing as the general manager of the New Orleans Saints, Mickey Loomis.
I am very sorry to have taken a special moment. He was selfish and children
The person who called Sanders told him: “We are going to choose you with our next choice – there are up to seven rounds in each NFL draft – but you will have to wait a little more, friend. I'm sorry.” A confused Sanders asked the crowd gathered for his draft selection party: “What does that mean?”
After the incident, Jax Ulbrich wrote in a publication on social networks that What he did was “completely inexcusable and shameful”.
“I am very sorry to have taken a special moment. He was selfish and childish,” Jax Ulbrich said in his Instagram publication. “I never imagined preparing to celebrate one of the best moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake when ruining it. Thank you for accepting my call today; I hope you find strength in your heart to forgive me“.
Sanders' forgiveness
Sanders, who was expected to be selected in the first round before the NFL draft began, had to wait until the third day when The Cleveland Browns chose it in the fifth round.
At a telephone conference with journalists from the Cleveland area after being selected by the Browns, Sanders said the joke did not bother him.
“It really didn't impact me,” Sanders said, “because it was like … well, I am not leaning for negativity, or for those things. They have seen in the YouTube video of Deion (Sanders) Jr. My reaction: no … it is what it is. I think, of course, that it is childish. Of course, I feel it was a childish act, but everyone does children's things from time to time“.
