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After the NFL decided to implement a new social media policy for the league's 32 teams this week, it didn't take long before one of those 32 teams decided to make fun of the new rules.

Under the new policy, teams aren't allowed to shoot or stream any type of video inside the stadium on game day. That means none of the league's 32 teams can use Facebook Live or Periscope or any other app to give fans an inside look at what happens in a stadium on game day.

The new rule also forbids any of the league's 32 teams from showing game highlights or any type of in-game footage on their social media accounts on game day.

The Panthers clearly got the memo on the new rules, because during their game on Monday, they made fun of them. After Kelvin Benjamin made a 17-yard catch in the second quarter, Carolina didn't tweet out a GIF or a highlight, they sent out the tweet you see below.

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This tweet didn't last long before being deleted. Twitter/Panthers

OUCH!

The Panthers didn't pull any punches there. They made fun of the new social media policy and didn't even try to hide the fact that they were making fun of it. They couldn't post a video, so they posted a fake link to a GIF.

Apparently, either the NFL or someone higher up in the Panthers organization doesn't have a sense of humor, because the tweet was deleted less than 48 hours later.

Anyway, the NFL is defending its new social media policy. The league's social media chief, whose name just happens to be Tom Brady (but isn't that Tom Brady), says the new policy will actually help teams.

"Everyone has focused on the fining, or that we're clamping down, whereas the reality is the overall policy is evolving to allow teams to do much more than before," Brady told Yahoo!.

If any team decides to go rogue and post their own video, they're be facing a pretty big punishment. A first offense will result in a $25,000 fine while second and third offenses will result in $50,000 and $100,000 fines, respectively.

If teams want to show video on their account, they have to get it directly from the NFL. The NFL has set up a server that each team will be able to access. For instance, in the tweet below from the NFL's account, the Chargers could also tweet that footage since it's directly from the NFL.