Lions Forfeit OTA Practice After Violation of NFLPA’s On-Field Contact Rules
Jack MurrayJune 8, 2024
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The Detroit Lions will have one less opportunity to prepare for the 2024 NFL season.
The franchise released a statement that said that the team’s organized team activities that were held during the week of May 17 were in violation of the collective bargaining agreement and that the team’s practice scheduled for June 10 had been forfeited as a result.
Detroit Lions @LionsSTATEMENT FROM THE DETROIT LIONS
“On Friday evening the organization was made aware by the NFL and NFLPA that Organized Team Activities (OTA) practices held the week of May 27 violated player work rules pertaining to on-field physical contact pursuant to the Collective…
“On Friday evening the organization was made aware by the NFL and NFLPA that Organized Team Activities (OTA) practices held the week of May 27 violated player work rules pertaining to on-field physical contact pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement,” the statement read. “As a result, the team’s OTA practice scheduled for Monday, June 10 has been forfeited. We take very seriously the rules set forth within the NFL’s Offseason Program and have worked to conduct our practices accordingly. We will continue to be vigilant with our practices moving forward.”
Detroit has high expectations for 2024.
The franchise went 12-5 and won the NFC North for the first time since the division realignment in 2002. This led to its first playoff victory since 1991 and the run ended in the NFC Championship at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers.
The Lions practice forfeiture will likely not impact the team’s preparation for 2024, but it is something that it will likely not look to repeat going forward.
