NFL, NFLPA clarify celebration penalties, say imitating drinking won’t be penalty or subject to fine

Getty Images With several celebration fines -- and fine rescindments -- in the NFL news cycle lately, the league and the NFL Players Association released a joint statement Wednesday "to clarify the line between player expression and conduct that may result in discipline." According to the release, players were reminded that the following could result in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, a fine or both: Gestures that depict violence, including the use of guns or other weapons, or gang-related signs. Gestures that depict smoking or drug use. Gestures that are sexual in nature. Most notably, the joint statement says "imitating...