Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans will avoid paying a £650,000 fine after being suspended last week, but will still miss Sunday's game against Green Bay Packers, the NFL has announced.
Evans was handed a suspension for his involvement in an ugly brawl that took place on Sunday during Tampa's 20-10 win over the New Orleans Saints, after Tom Brady and Leonard Fournette got into a heated exchange with Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore. Evans floored Lattimore by pushing him over with both hands, which led to a full-blown fistfight.
Both Fournette and Evans were ejected from the game immediately, with the latter being suspended without pay for "violations of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules." But following a contract restructure during the off season, he will lose out on just £55,000 rather than the £650,000 fine he would have faced a year ago.
