Police Union Offers to Pay Avery Williamson’s Fine for 9/11 Cleats

September 10, 2016   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Two police unions have offered to pay the fine of Tennessee Titans linebacker Avery Williamson should he wear custom cleats designed to honor victims of the 9/11 attacks in Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings.
"We read, with understandable interest, your piece on Avery Williamson and the NFL's stance on Avery honoring the September 11th victims," Bobby Egbert, the public information officer for the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, wrote to Jason Wolf of the Tennessean. "We, along with the New Jersey State Police Benevolent Association, are offering to pay any reasonable fine levied by the NFL if Avery chooses to wear his 9/11 cleats."
Williamson, a third-year linebacker out of Kentucky, had planned to wear the airbrushed Nikes for the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. But NFL officials contacted him and said he would be fined if he wore the cleats.
"I don't want to draw negative attention, so I'm just going to focus...

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