The National Football League wants its players to stay out of politics.
After San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa was fined for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat at the end of a game, the league sent out a memo to teams reminding them of their policy against personal messages including political statements being displayed during game days. It also reminded them that players are subject to fines in excess of $10,000, such as the one that it handed Bosa for wearing the hat after his win.
“In light of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the NFL sent a memo to teams reiterating its policy on not allowing personal messages, including political statements, to be displayed during game days, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg,” Bloomberg reported.
This obviously won’t sit well with supporters of President-elect Trump but those are probably the same people that took offense to Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem back in 2017. It was Trump himself, who called for the NFL to kick Kaepernick out of the league.
