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If everybody else is required to have the equivalent of touch football during minicamps, and the Hawks are not, there is a competitive advantage factor on top of the player safety issue. The fact that they were penalized just two seasons ago for the exact same rule infraction warrants the penalty.
Also, knowingly and repeatedly breaking the same rule that could give a competitve advantage is the textbook definition of cheating. Granted, it might be minor, but who knows for sure? (it certainly isn't helping them, looking at thier gameplay)
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