Speaking of sports teams, this team in the extreme southeast of the country has an owner who is also being investigated for drug trafficking and money laundering.

Stephen Ross – Miami Dolphins

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross suspended, fined $1.5 million after NFL probe cites tampering violations

Miami Dolphins owner and real estate developer Stephen Ross has been fined $1.5 million and suspended from participating in team events and operations through Oct. 17 after the club was found to have violated NFL tampering policies, the league said Tuesday.

The Dolphins will also forfeit the team’s first-round pick in the 2023 draft and the third-round pick in the 2024 draft.

The penalties mark the conclusion of the NFL’s investigation into reports that the Dolphins tampered with coaches and players from other teams and that it intentionally lost games to improve its draft prospects.

The team did not intentionally lose games, according to the investigation, but did hold conversations between 2019 and 2022 with then-Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the agent of then-Saints coach Sean Payton that went against the league’s policies.

“The investigators found tampering violations of unprecedented scope and severity,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “I know of no prior instance of a team violating the prohibition on tampering with both a head coach and star player, to the potential detriment of multiple other clubs, over a period of several years.” – Source

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