Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair speaks out after NFL fines him for 'stop the genocide' eye black message

by: Nick Geddes 1 hour ago NickGeddesNews

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined $11,593 for wearing “stop the genocide” eye black during the AFC Wild Card Round game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The NFL found him to be in violation of section 4, article 8 of the NFL rulebook, which prohibits players from showing personal messages.

Al-Shaair wasn’t surprised by the fine. In fact, he knew it was coming.

“I understand it’s a fine. … At the end of the day, it’s bigger than me,” Al-Shaair said, via The Athletic . “The things that are going on make people uncomfortable, [so] imagine how those people feel. I have no affiliation or connection to these people other than the fact that I’m a human being. If you have a heart and you’re a human being, then you can see what’s going on in the world.

“When I’m walking off this field, that’s the type of stuff that I’m thinking about that I have to check myself when I’m sitting here crying about football when there’s people dying every single day.”

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