The NFL is a bit lucky the fight at the end of Super Bowl XLIX was just kind of bad, and not a major focus of the postgame coverage.
The brawl when the New England Patriots took a knee at the end wasn't the way the league wanted one of its greatest games to end, but it didn't turn out like the BYU-Memphis battle at the end of their bowl game a couple months ago that made many headlines. The Super Bowl brawl settled down fairly quickly before it got totally out of control. It could even be joked about afterward, with Rob Gronkowski proudly saying he thought it was time to throw some haymakers.
But, there were still penalties to be paid.
Seattle Seahawks outside linebacker Bruce Irvin, who was ejected from the game, was fined $10,000, the largest of the four fines given out, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. Seahawks end Michael Bennett, Patriots tight end Michael Hoomanawanui and Gronkowski all got $8,268 fines, the standard amount for unnecessary roughness penalties.
The Seahawks' fines are just insult to injury after the loss, and the Patriots players might not even notice in their post-victory glow. But the NFL can feel fairly fortunate the relatively small fines will be the end of that story.
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Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at shutdowncorner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @YahooSchwab
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