Dolphins' Tyreek Hill to cover disciplined NFL photographer's pay - ESPN

MIAMI — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill said Thursday he will pay the salary of a photographer whose game credential was suspended by the NFL.

In a video posted to social media on Tuesday, photographer Kevin Fitzgibbons, who is contracted by the NFL to shoot Dolphins home games, said he was suspended for the remainder of the season «and possibly for good» by the league for his role in Hill's touchdown celebration against the Carolina Panthers during a win in Week 6.

After scoring, Hill took Fitzgibbons' cell phone and filmed himself doing a backflip, after which the photographer was seen excitedly jumping up and down before he said he left the field to send the clip to the NFL.

Both Hill and Fitzgibbons said the incident was unplanned, but Fitzgibbons said the NFL did not appreciate the way he reacted after the celebration.

«The NFL then let me know I would be suspended for the remainder of the season, and possibly for good,» Fitzgibbons narrated in his video. «They said regardless [of] if I knew the celebration was coming or not, I still had to be disciplined and that I shouldn't have jumped on the sidelines after the play.»

Hill was penalized for using a prop in a celebration, but shifted the blame away from Fitzgibbons when asked about it after the game.

«It's just one of those things that kind of happened,» Hill said. «I saw the camera and I just took it from him, and he didn't want me to take it from him. So, I just called my shot.»

Fitzgibbons' video went viral, gaining more than 4.5 million views on TikTok and amassing more than 100,000 likes on Instagram.

Hill was asked about the suspension Thursday and said that he and Fitzgibbons were longtime friends and that he would cover any lost wages.

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