On Thursday, the NFL announced it was suspending two current members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and one former.
“Tampa Bay’s Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards have each been suspended without pay for the next three games,” the NFL said via press release. “Free agent John Franklin III, if signed by a club, is also ineligible to play in the next three games. All three players have accepted the discipline and wived their right of appeal. The suspensions are effective immediately.”
In mid-November, it was reported by the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Stroud that former private chef Steven Ruiz was accusing Buccaneers wide receiver of having obtained a fake COVID-19 vaccination card in an attempt to circumvent the protocols agreed upon by the NFL and the NFL Players Association.