Towel tantrum costs Chiefs’ Kelce $24,309

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s towel toss toward an NFL game official will cost him a $24,309 (22,394 euros) fine levied by the league on Friday.
Kelce was ejected in the fourth quarter of the Chiefs’ 19-14 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday after receiving two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.
After officials failed to call pass interference on one play he argued with two officials and after one issued a first unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he threw the towel from the waistband of his uniform — mimicking the flag-throw used by game officials to signal penalities.
That led to the second penalty and his removal from the game.
As he departed Kelce greeted fans and handed out some of his game equipment.
Asked after the game what he learned he said: “I can’t throw my flag on the ref, but he can throw his all day long.”
Kelce is no stranger to being fined by the NFL. The league docked him $11,205 in 2014 for making a sexual gesture near a referee who was announcing a penalty.