The Facts: The Baltimore Ravens' offseason practice schedule just got shorter. The NFL and the Ravens announced Thursday that the team will forfeit one week of organized team activities from June 1-3, and both the organization and HC John Harbaugh have been fined for violating offseason workout rules under the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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Each NFL team is allowed 10 OTA sessions in the offseason. The Ravens will be without three of them, but will still have all of mandatory minicamp and training camp sessions. The Ravens were fined $343,057 and Harbaugh was fined $137,223 by the NFL, league sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. "We made a mistake and we are sorry for that. We accept the NFL discipline," the Ravens said in a statement. The NFL investigated the Ravens for using full pads at a session during their rookie minicamp earlier in May. The Ravens also had to cancel a week of workouts in 2010 for violating rules under the previous CBA. Harbaugh said he accepts complete responsibility for the violation that led to the team being disciplined. "It's what they decided was appropriate," Harbaugh said during a news conference Thursday.