NFL fines DeAngelo Williams for raising breast cancer awareness during breast cancer awareness month

[hawaiiansteeler]

NFL fines DeAngelo Williams for raising breast cancer awareness during breast cancer awareness month

by Ben Rohrbach
Shutdown Corner

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DeAngelo Williams sports eye black raising awareness for breast cancer.

We've covered DeAngelo Williams and Cameron Heyward's battle with the NFL over the Pittsburgh Steelers teammates' crusade against cancer in great detail in this space, and last we heard the parties seemed to have an understanding with the league over what players can and cannot do to raise cancer awareness.

As with many things in the NFL, though, a handshake agreement isn't worth much.

According to the NFL Network's Aditi Kinkhabwala, Williams' eye black featured "We will find a cure" and the breast cancer ribbon during breast cancer awareness month, and the league fined him $5,757 for supporting a cause near and dear to his heart. Earlier in October, the NFL denied Williams' request to wear pink all season in hopes of continuing to raise awareness about a disease that took his mother in May 2014.

Oh, it gets more bizarre. According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, Williams hasn't just been wearing "find the cure" eye black this October; he's been sporting it for going on five years now, and this marks his first fine. Ironically, his first fine for raising breast cancer awareness comes during breast cancer awareness month.

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[salamander]

I still wanna know how this is any different from the whole Leah Still thing last year. I understand the uniform rules but the NFL's hypocrisy is sickening.

[st33lersguy]

You have to be very stupid to fine a player for raising breast cancer awareness while dedicating the month to breast cancer awareness. That is hoe dumb and biased Gotohell is

[fansince'76]

Oh, it gets more bizarre. According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, Williams hasn't just been wearing "find the cure" eye black this October; he's been sporting it for going on five years now, and this marks his first fine. Ironically, his first fine for raising breast cancer awareness comes during breast cancer awareness month.

:scratchchin:

[86WARD]

I still wanna know how this is any different from the whole Leah Still thing last year. I understand the understand the uniform rules but the NFL's hypocrisy is sickening.

And you'll never get an answer...because if the NFL didn't issue a fine, it never happened...

[Count Steeler]

I would love to sit in on one session of the NFL Video Review Committee. Do they actually even watch the games or do they peruse the headlines and see if a story is gaining any momentum? Or if the game is nationally televised and the commentators say something about the fineable offense.

If a story dies by Wednesday, do they just move on and hand out a fine here and there just to show they have done "something".

What a croc of shit.

[tube517]

I still wanna know how this is any different from the whole Leah Still thing last year. I understand the uniform rules but the NFL's hypocrisy is sickening.

Said the same thing in another thread


http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php/24501-William-Gay-fined-for-wearing-purple-cleats-in-honor-of-mother?p=515684&viewfull=1#post515684