Current:Home > NewsDolphins WR Tyreek Hill says he'll cover the salary of videographer suspended by NFL -Summit Capital Strategies
Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill says he'll cover the salary of videographer suspended by NFL
View
Date:2025-04-24 11:12:31
After a videographer who worked with Tyreek Hill had his NFL credential revoked, the Miami Dolphins receiver is making sure his guy is taken care of.
Kevin Fitzgibbons, a 20-year-old University of Miami student who says he has been working Dolphins games since 2022, released a video late Monday night about how the league disciplined him after Hill used his phone to celebrate a touchdown in an Oct. 15 win over the Carolina Panthers.
In the video, Fitzgibbons said after Hill celebrated with his phone, he sent the video to the NFL, but then later was notified he would be suspended for the remainder of the season and "possibly for good" because he "had to be disciplined." The NFL-affiliated X – formerly Twitter – account @NFLUK posted Hill's selfie video but deleted the post shortly after.
"One of the best moments of my life turned upside-down in a matter of seconds," Fitzgibbons said in the video that has more than 36 million views on social media.
'Make sure that I do what's right'
After the game, Hill said he saw Fitzgibbons at the back of the end zone and decided to run to him and grab his phone.
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
"Yeah, that’s my boy K-Fitz. Yeah, that was him," Hill said after the game.
When news of Fitzgibbons' suspension was released, Hill said on social media, "I would comment but I could get fined." On Thursday, Hill told reporters he tried to get the NFL to reverse course on the decision, but the league wouldn't budge. He added he spoke with him about the incident as well.
"I told him, 'Don't let this get to you, man. Like, just hold your head up,'" Hill said. "'You're still young, continue to do what you love.'"
Hill said he and Fitzgibbons are going to continue to work together. Even though Fitzgibbons won't be allowed on an NFL field again this season, Hill is going to make sure he gets paid.
"I told him I was gonna cover his salary, whatever the NFL was gonna pay him. I told him I was going to make sure that I do what's right and take care of (Fitzgibbons)," he said. "Make sure you're not out of a job."
Contributing: Safid Deen and Chris Bumbaca
veryGood! (9)
Related
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Cast: Meet the #MomTok Influencers Rocked by Sex Scandal
- Producer Killah B on making history with his first country song, Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em'
- Popular shoemaker Hey Dude to pay $1.9 million to thousands of customers in FTC settlement
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- Presented with rise in border crossings, Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem
- New legislative maps lead to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary
- Kylie Jenner Reveals Regal Baby Name She Chose for Son Aire Before Wolf
- Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
- Illinois residents call for investigation into sheriff's dept after Sonya Massey shooting
Ranking
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- What is big, green and 150 million years old? Meet dinosaur skeleton 'Gnatalie.'
- Ex-NFL running back Cierre Wood sentenced to life in prison after murder, child abuse plea
- Before lobster, Maine had a thriving sardine industry. A sunken ship reminds us of its storied past
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Texas father gave infant daughter gasoline because he wanted her dead: Police
- 'A bad situation did not get worse': Enraged bull euthanized after escaping slaughterhouse
- Mega Millions winning numbers for August 13 drawing: Jackpot climbs to $435 million
Recommendation
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
Trial begins in case of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor during dispute
San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked Golden Gate Bridge
Turnout in Wisconsin election tops 26%, highest in 60 years for fall primary in presidential year
Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up
Why Johnny Bananas Thought His First Season of The Challenge Would Be His Last
Auto workers union seeks NLRB investigation of Trump and Musk comments about firing striking workers