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NFL says it will fine players who wear 9/11 tribute cleats
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| September 11, 2016
Posted on 09/11/2016 11:01:41 AM PDT by artichokegrower
The NFL has already ruled at least one 9/11 tribute out of bounds on opening weekend.
Tennessee Titans linebacker Avery Williamson has been told to shelve a pair of cleats he planned to wear to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
According to The Tennessean , Williamson was informed by the league he would be fined for a uniform violation if he wore the shoes. New York Giants receivers Odell Beckham and Victor Cruz are expected to wear similar shoes. Other players, including Atlanta's Julio Jones, already wore similar cleats during warms-ups.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 911anniversary; nfl
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Must find something else to do during Super Bowl.
To: artichokegrower
Thats the only game we watched notice past tense FUNFL
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:02:31 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: artichokegrower
ps if he wears them and gets fined im buying one of his jerseys i never buy anything like that ever but i will
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:03:32 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: artichokegrower
So players can do a “hands up - don’t shoot” routine based on a racist lie, but they can’t honor the dead victims and firemen of 911. This is the new leftist PC NFL. Leftists spoil everything they can touch.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:06:01 AM PDT
by
DeweyCA
To: artichokegrower
A play dress code technicality, it sounds like.
It probably would not matter for practices.
It’s better than the way it reads... I thought that it was something like artwork on the cleated bottom of the shoes. It isn’t; it’s artwork on the sides of the shoes.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:06:07 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: al baby
Do the players get to earn money from replicas of their jerseys?
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:07:12 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:07:20 AM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:07:37 AM PDT
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: artichokegrower
It’s a violation - just to have the depiction on the leathers?
But OK to wear flourescent pink and orange and garrish yellow.
This isn’t even a safety issue. Just an “image” issue?
Sick!
This is worse than Manning and Redman being told not to wear hightops when Johnny U died (1 year after 9/11). It’s just an image, FGS.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:09:13 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: DeweyCA
Not to mention OK for Arab-look-alike QB to diss the US and the US flag.
Liberal nation - OK to hate on your own country, but God (if He existed!) forbid you should “celebrate” it!
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:10:59 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: artichokegrower
I just saw a play in the Bengals vs jets game... the defender puts a hit on the receiver and is call for ruffing... It was a good hit..!! nailed him with his shoulder...!!
The game has been completely ruined by the stinking liberals.... I WILL NOT WATCH THAT CRAP...
It's a nice day... I'll spend my Sundays outdoors....
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:11:28 AM PDT
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: artichokegrower
Yet they can protest our flag...I prefer college football anyway...
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:11:35 AM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: TLI
Of course! It appeases the Feminists!
Notice how no tribute to Prostate Cancer Awareness month exists.
The NFL is just another tentacle in the propaganda machine.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:16:17 AM PDT
by
Shadow44
To: artichokegrower
They don’t want to offend those who cheered on 9-11.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:17:27 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:20:43 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: DeweyCA
So players can do a “hands up - don’t shoot” routine based on a racist lie, but they can’t honor the dead victims and firemen of 911. This is the new leftist PC NFL. Leftists spoil everything they can touch. BUMP!
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:21:01 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: artichokegrower
If they permit Black Lives Matter protests but not 9-11 memorial cleats on 9-11-16, they should be boycotted.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:21:29 AM PDT
by
tbw2
To: Shadow44
>>Notice how no tribute to Prostate Cancer Awareness month exists.
That’s why I refuse to participate in any way in Komen Month (which is euphemistically referred to as Breast Cancer Awareness Month).
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:22:03 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
To: Steely Tom
Bingo. The NFL has a "yuge" fan following among ISIS, Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
sarc/
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:22:35 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
To: artichokegrower
The NFL must be destroyed to save football.
FUNFL
I want the t-shirt.
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posted on
09/11/2016 11:23:40 AM PDT
by
joshua c
(Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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