Sean Payton refused to pay COVID-19 violation fine, called Jon Gruden a ‘dumbf—‘ for doing so: repo

In 2020, each Sean Payton and Jon Gruden had been each fined for improperly carrying their masks amid strict COVID-19 protocols.

Nonetheless, apparently only one of them paid the six-figure high-quality, the latter, Gruden.

Gruden and Payton had been each hit with a $100,000 high-quality for improperly carrying masks. (Gruden and the Las Vegas Raiders had been hit with different fines as a result of protocol violations.)

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However that was a penalty that Payton was by no means going to fork over, and he made enjoyable of Gruden for doing so.

Payton reportedly told Gruden that he, together with different coaches who had been hit of their wallets, refused to pay up.

“I by no means paid the high-quality,” Payton is claimed to have informed Gruden. “You are the one dumbf— that paid the high-quality.”

Head coach Jon Gruden (R) of the Las Vegas Raiders watches his crew tackle the New Orleans Saints throughout the first half of the NFL recreation at Allegiant Stadium on September 21, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders defeated the Saints 34-24. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)

Payton’s then New Orleans Saints had been additionally fined $500,000 and docked a 2021 seventh-round draft decide over an incident the place Payton and a number of other gamers had been caught on video celebrating within the locker room with out masks on after a blowout win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9 of that season.

The Raiders had been fined $800,000 to this point this season, and Gruden was hammered with $250,000 in particular person fines as a result of violations of that yr’s protocols.

New Denver Broncos Head Coach Sean Payton fields questions from the media throughout a press convention at UCHealth Coaching Heart on February 6, 2023, in Englewood, Colorado. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos)

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Gruden stays with no job after he resigned in 2021 following a leak of racist, homophobic, misogynistic feedback in emails, whereas Payton has returned to the sidelines as the pinnacle coach of the Denver Broncos.