The have been punished for pumping in crowd noise to their stadium. The NFL fined the $350,000 and the franchise will forfeit their fifth-round selection in the 2016 , the league announced Monday. President Rich McKay will also be suspended for at least three months from the Competition Committee beginning April 1. As the chairman of the Competition Committee, McKay is one of the most influential executives in the NFL -- as evidenced by his large role in the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix. The suspension serves notice to any other teams trying to use crowd noise to their advantage. The NFL found former director of event marketing, , directly responsible for the violation. According to the league, McKay was unaware of the team piping in crowd noise: "Our review also determined that ownership and senior executives, including team President Rich McKay, were unaware of Mr. White's use of an audio file with artificial crowd noise," the NFL J.t. Miller Jersey said in a statement. "However, Mr. McKay, as the senior club executive overseeing game operations, bears some responsibility for ensuring that team employees comply with league rules. As a result, Mr. McKay will be suspended from the Competition Committee beginning April 1. He may petition Commi sioner (Roger) Goodell for reinstatement to the committee no sooner than June 30." The were not the only team to be punished Monday as the were fined $250,000 and general manager Ray Farmer was suspended four games for his . Losing a draft pick will punish the organization on the field in the future, but it won't affect the eight picks Atlanta currently owns in the 2015 draft. In a statement Monday, owner Arthur Blank -- who previously " for his organization -- said he will not appeal the NFL's decision and has taken steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. "What took place was wrong and nowhere near the standards by which we run our busine s," Blank said. "Anytime there are actions that compromise the integrity of the NFL or threaten the culture of our franchise, as this i sue did, they will be dealt with swiftly and strongly." The latest Podcast Find more content on . Kirill Kudryavtsev Jersey