Quote:The line must be drawn somewhere. This is a silly discussion, exactly how does eye black encourage awareness of breast cancer?
It's being mentioned in this very thread. No?
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It is a slippery slope if the league lets 1 guys get away with it...
This. It opens the door to all sorts of "causes" being supported. How/when do you draw the line?
Quote:I think it's funny that people get mad at the NFL about this. The NFL has a set of rules, the players know about the rules, the players need to follow the rules. If you don't stay within those rules, you are going to get fined. There are now players intentionally breaking the rules.
They deserve to get fined!
Just because everyone thinks their message is positive doesn't go away from the fact that they are breaking the rules!
he's worn the same eye black with messages for years with no fine.
Quote:This. It opens the door to all sorts of "causes" being supported. How/when do you draw the line?
This reminds me of the phrase, "Common sense isn't so common anymore".
Didn't Tebow get in trouble for having a message in his eye black?
Let all players earmark their fine to go towards the charity they are sponsoring and...
problem solved
Better yet, even if you do fine them just keep it private. Why do we even need to know when a player gets fined?