The National Football League wouldn’t grant Williams’ request to wear pink all season, so Williams has been creative and died pink streaks in his hair.
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Cam Heyward, the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end, wore eye black with “Ironhead” written on it for the second straight week during Sunday’s 25-13 win over Arizona to honor his dad, who died after a long fight with cancer in 2006.
Heyward wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that the league fined him for wearing “Ironhead” on his eye black – “Iron” under his right eye and “Head” under his left.
In October, the NFL allows league-approved pink accessories for NFL players, coaches and officials to raise awareness for breast cancer.
Heyward mentions fellow teammate DeAngelo Williams, who has been finding ways to honour his mother, who died of breast cancer. That’s a violation of the NFL’s uniform policy.
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The fine for a first offense of personal messages is $5,787, per ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio, and a subsequent fine would be ,576. “For the three hours on game day on the field, players on the field are expected by their teams to adhere to the uniform policy”, she added. The piece cited the NFL’s press literature for its “Crucial Catch” initiative supporting the American Cancer Society. Hardy made headlines in 2014 for brutally beating ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder.
