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Eagles’ head of security, “Big Dom” DiSandro, should expect a call from the league office soon.
On Sunday, DiSandro got ejected after getting into a physical confrontcation with Niners’ linebacker Dre Greenlaw on the sidelines.
Eagles head of security 'Big Dom' was ejected from the sideline after his altercation with a player, Dre Greenlaw.
Dom left the field to a standing ovation from the crowd. Only in Philadelphia 😂 pic.twitter.com/r335M2Omy1
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NFL senior V.P. of officiating Walt Anderson explained the league’s decision to eject both Greenlaw and Disandro.
“The officials had a flag on the field for a personal foul by San Francisco No. 57, and then there was continuing action,” Anderson said. “And so what Rule 19 allows us to do is provide assistance by looking at the video. And we saw video that showed that there was a staff person that made contact with the player and that the player involved, No. 57, made contact with the staff member which warranted his disqualification. The non-player, he was contributing to that escalation. Rule 19 does not afford us the ability to help the officials in throwing a flag that they do not throw for a non-player. That’s only afforded for a player action.”
According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, one NFL exec predicts Dom will receive “significant punishment” for getting involved in the on-field altercation between the Eagles and the Niners.
Big Dom was sent off the field, too. And that could just be the beginning. As one high-level executive with another team predicts to PFT, there will be a significant punishment imposed both on DiSandro and the Eagles by the league.
Team security officials are not in-game bouncers. Keeping the peace is the job of the officials. Non-players who insinuate themselves into the game action risk losing access to the game area.