The NFL supports breast cancer awareness during the month of October, but apparently, they only want to do it on their terms.
DeAngelo Williams reportedly was fined $5,757 by the league Wednesday for having the words “Find the cure” and a breast cancer ribbon printed on his eye black, per NFL Media’s Aditi Kinkhabwala. The NFL previously denied the Pittsburgh Steelers running back’s request to wear pink all season to honor his mother, who died of breast cancer last year.
Williams has worn the eye black all October while the league has allowed players to wear pink gloves and cleats and has included the pink breast cancer ribbon on pieces of equipment like footballs and goalposts.