Sanders dropped over fine

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH

An anti-littering group has pulled a television ad featuring Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders because he was fined $300 littering in 2010.

David Mazza, regional director for the Pennsylvania Resources Council, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review his group wants to speak with Sanders before deciding whether to resume running the ad, which features Sanders standing next to a “Litterbug” mascot.

A team spokesman referred comment to Sanders’ attorney, Robert Del Greco, who confirmed Sanders and teammate Antonio Brown were each fined for leaving boxes on the ground next to an outdoor trash container they didn’t own.

Online court records show Sanders pleaded guilty to “scattering rubbish” on Nov. 13, 2010.

Mazza says his group doesn’t condone Sanders’ actions but says “that’s not the ‘littering’ that is the target of the campaign.”