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Antonio Brown of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Professional footballer Antonio Brown has been banned from the American League NFL for three games.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver has violated the league's corona regulations after Brown claims to have obtained a forged vaccination card.
In addition to Brown, according to an NFL announcement, his teammate Mike Edwards and the non-contracted John Franklin III.
has been banned for three games for the same offense.
According to US media reports, a former Browns cook stated that the Buccaneers player acquired a forged vaccination card during the pre-season season.
Shortly thereafter, Brown decided to get vaccinated against the corona virus.
After serving the ban, Brown is allowed to appear again for the Buccaneers on December 26th.
The wide receiver is currently not operational anyway due to an ankle injury.
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