Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played
zero minutes Monday night and still got fined by the NFL.
Big Ben wore an Apple Watch on the sidelines as he watched his team drop the
Cincinnati Bengals 27-3, and it earned him a $5,000 fine, ESPN’s Adam Schefter
reports. The league doesn’t allow message-transmitting electronic devices and
considered it a uniform violation, according to Schefter.
Roethlisberger, who suffered a season-ending elbow injury in Week 2 of the
season, could be seen wearing a headset over a baseball cap and a play-calling
sheet on his uninjured left arm.
ESPN’s sources described the QB as “livid” over the fine, and said he didn’t realize he was wearing the device.
Read more about the $5k fine Roethlisberger was hit with for wearing his Apple Watch on the sidelines on the Fox News website HERE
