Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has been suspended as the Miami Northwestern football coach after allegedly "providing impermissible benefits" to his players.
Bridgewater, 32, posted on Facebook that he has covered all of the expenses for the team, from daily Uber rides, meals and recovery supplies for the young student athletes. He revealed it cost him $14,000 to host a four-night camp with three hot meals a day from locally Black-owned restaurants and a snack on some other days. It costed him $300 a week to keep the field painted, $1,300 a week for recovery trucks, $2,200 a week for pre-game meals and $700 in Ubers a week.
"This isn't a cry out for help," Bridgewater wrote in his social media post, "but more so a coach seeking donations ... The job will get done one way or another, but to those of you considering donating, I thank you in advance.
"These are all things I chose to do on my own, and are not requirements for the boys to have, according to the rule makers and those who make the decisions at MNW."
Bridgewater self reported his expenses, and as a result, has been suspended.
"If I'm suspended from MNW, I'm free to go to another school of my choice, but I'm not going anywhere," Bridgewater posted, "but I'm not going anywhere.
"And if it comes down to it, I will volunteer from the bleachers like I used to in 2018 and 2019 when no one had a problem."
Bridgewater has made a total of $64,770,899 in career NFL earnings.
He coached Miami Northwestern to the Class 3A state championship in his first season as the coach in 2024. After the season, he returned to the NFL in December with the Detroit Lions as a backup to Jared Goff. In the playoffs, he completed a pass attempt for 3 yards in a 45-31 loss against the Washington Commanders in the divisional round.