NFL issues another memo regarding non-player conduct during games

Less than three months after sending a memo to all teams regarding the behavior of non-players during games, the NFL has issued another memo.The latest message, a copy of which PFT has obtained, comes three days after an incident that resulted in the mutual ejections of 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw and Eagles head of security Dom DiSandro."The Playing Rules of the National Football League, and our Game Operations Policies, clearly prohibit non-player personnel - coaches, trainers, equipment staff, security officers, or others - from making physical contact with, taunting, or directing abusive or insulting language toward opposing players, game officials, or others involved in a game," the memo explains. "If an altercation occurs, club personnel are to allow the coaches and game officials to manage the situation, with the officials assessing appropriate penalties, with assistance from the League Office as needed. Under no circumstances are club personnel to engage with or make physical contact with another club's player(s) or other personnel."That's a pretty clear indication as to the league's position on what DiSandro should, and shouldn't, have done. He shouldn't have stepped...