The NFL has fined San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat during a postgame interview.
next 30-24 On Oct. 27, after a win over the Dallas Cowboys, Bosa sat in on NBC's “Sunday Night Football” for an interview with several teammates speaking with network reporter Melissa Stark.
Bosa ran up behind quarterback Brock Purdy, pointed to his white-and-gold hat that read “MAGA” and ran off the screen. whole incident The duration was less than 5 seconds.
The star was later fined $11,255 by the NFL for his political message, which violated league rules. According to the NFL, players are prohibited from displaying personal or political messages of any kind on game day. rule.
The NFL's rulebook states that the league “does not permit” players to wear messages “associated with political activity or causes, or other non-football events, causes or campaigns, or philanthropy or campaigns.” are.
This applies throughout “game days when players are visible to the stadium and television viewers, including during pre-game warm-ups, in the bench area, and during post-game interviews in the locker room and on the field.”
“It was totally worth it.”
After donning his hat, Bosa was asked about it in the post-match press conference.
“It seemed like a political statement,” the reporter told the 27-year-old man.
simply ugly answered“I don't talk about it too much, but I think it's an important time.”
About a week later, the day after Donald Trump won the presidency, reporters caught up with Bosa again in the locker room and asked him about the potential fine before it was handed down by the league.
“Nick, you might get fined for your hat, how do you feel about that?'' a reporter asked.
Botha stopped and said, “I don't know, I don't have it yet. If you want to come, I'll come.”
“Going in, did you feel like it was a possibility?” a second reporter asked.
“It was worth it,” the 49er replied. “I don't think my position on speaking about this issue will change. Obviously the people spoke and we got what we got,” he added.
another media person asked a question Botha about the election and whether he saw the coverage. Botha said he had “fun” and “had a good time” watching the match, before adding that he “stayed awake” to actually see the result.
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