San Francisco 49ers star defensive finish Nick Bosa has been fined by the NFL for carrying a hat with a pro-Donald Trump message throughout a postgame tv interview, an individual conversant in the matter informed the Related Press on Saturday.
Bosa was fined $11,255 for violating the NFL uniform and tools guidelines for carrying a hat that contained a private message, in line with the one who spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of the fantastic wasn’t introduced by the NFL.
Bosa crashed a tv interview that included quarterback Brock Purdy throughout NBC’s postgame protection of the Niners’ win over the Dallas Cowboys on 27 October. Bosa pointed to a message on his white hat that learn ‘Make America Nice Once more’ in assist of Trump’s candidacy for president.
NFL guidelines state that “all through the interval on game-day {that a} participant is seen to the stadium and tv viewers (together with in pregame warm-ups, within the bench space, and through postgame interviews within the locker room or on the sphere), gamers are prohibited from carrying, displaying, or in any other case conveying private messages both in writing or illustration, except such message has been permitted upfront by the League workplace.”
Bosa, who agreed to a five-year, $170m contract extension in September 2023, mentioned earlier this week that he was conscious that his actions might be topic to a fantastic.
“It was properly value it,” he mentioned.
