DeclinetoState
07-17-2008, 12:10 PM
NEW YORK (AP)—The NFL is stepping up its monitoring of on-field player activities to ensure that no one is flashing the hand signals of street gangs.
The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the league had hired experts to look at game tapes and identify players or team officials who might be using suspected gang signals. Violators would be warned and disciplined if the episodes recurred.
League officials said Tuesday that avoiding gang-related activities has long been stressed.
They said the scrutiny was intensified after the shooting death of Denver cornerback Darrent Williams (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7232/;_ylt=As_iRhh52n8bDRXh8Blw6fIdsLYF) in 2007 after Williams was involved in a dispute with known gang members.
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The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the league had hired experts to look at game tapes and identify players or team officials who might be using suspected gang signals. Violators would be warned and disciplined if the episodes recurred.
League officials said Tuesday that avoiding gang-related activities has long been stressed.
They said the scrutiny was intensified after the shooting death of Denver cornerback Darrent Williams (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7232/;_ylt=As_iRhh52n8bDRXh8Blw6fIdsLYF) in 2007 after Williams was involved in a dispute with known gang members.
More (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nflgangs&prov=ap&type=lgns)