Falcons Get Fined, Lose Pick, Fire Guy Over Fake Noise

[RockaFowler]

http://deadspin.com/falcons-get-fined-lose-pick-fire-guy-named-roddy-whit-1694545934

The NFL puffed up its chest and released a punishment on a Monday morning, announcing that the Falcons would be fined $350,000 and docked a fifth-round draft pick in 2016 for pumping in crowd noise.

The fall guy for the Falcons? A now-fired director of event marketing named Roddy White. If White gets hired by anyone else, he must stay suspended for the first eight weeks of the upcoming regular season. Yes, he is a real person. Yes, there were two Roddy Whites who worked for the Falcons. Yes, that is odd.

[KamaAina]

1. Well, they kind of have to pump in fake noise

Who's gonna make any real noise over that crapfest of a team?

[JonLP24]

2. So someone fell on the sword?

I doubt he pumped fake crowd noise all on his own with nobody telling him not to or keeping it from his superiors. I hope they compensated him if they fired the guy because they told him (or a coach or somebody) to pump in the fake crowd noise.