Got fined for Wearing these Monday night ‘ special edition #DJX clearly they Team colors smh ‘
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DeSean Jackson’s Christmas may have gotten a tad sour as he found out that he was fined over wearing Christmas themed cleats during the Redskins-Panthers game. On the flip side, he has Odell Beckham Jr’s support since he too was fined over cleats.
It’s completely understandable that there is a certain way that you are expected to dress when you take the field in a football uniform but this is just out of control. You should be able to express yourself somehow without any penalties especially when those very items might be auctioned off. The NFL has fined DeSean Jackson over wearing his holiday cleats during Monday’s game.
In the comment area, it was also noticed that Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr commented on his post. He also shared his fine.
Here is the NFL rule:
Each team must designate a dominant base color for its shoes, either black or white (with shoelace color conforming to the dominant base color of the tongue area of the shoe). Each team must also designate one of its Constitutional uniform colors as a dominant team color for its shoes. Each team must also designate one of its Constitutional uniform colors as a secondary team color for its shoes. Each team may also designate a third uniform color as a tertiary team color that may be used for accents on its shoes. The designation of team shoe colors as described above must be reported by each team to the League office no later than July 1 each year. Each player may select among shoe styles previously approved by the League office. All players on the same team must wear shoes with the same dominant base color. A player may wear an unapproved standard football shoe style as long as the player tapes over the entire shoe to conform to his team’s selected dominant base color (i.e., white or black).
Much like Jackson stated in his tweet, this is most certainly a reason to shake your head.
Got fined for Wearing these Monday night ' special edition #DJX clearly they Team colors smh ' https://t.co/c4YQlKpuLw
— Desean Jackson (@DeSeanJackson10) December 21, 2016