NFL Players To Salute Victims of Police Brutality Via Helmet Tributes
Media / July 21st, 2020
By Michael McCarthy
Starting Week 1, players will likely be free to wear decals bearing names or initials of George Floyd and other victims of systemic racism and police violence.
NFL uniforms have traditionally been out-of-bounds as far as outside messaging.
The NFL’s 1,700-plus players will likely be invited to wear helmet decals bearing the names or initials of police violence victims and systemic racism, sources told Front Office Sports.
The league office is working with the NFL Players Association to compile a list of names in time for the start of the regular seasons, which is currently scheduled to begin on September 10, said sources. The players will provide the names.
However, these on-uniform tributes would likely only appear on helmets, not jerseys, as previously thought, said sources.
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor. Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice are just some of the people who are expected to be mentioned on the individual tribute decals.
The decision to wear or not wear decals will be up to individual NFL players, according to Steve Wyche, senior correspondent for NFL Network. The tributes could range from African American victims of racism to police officers slain in the line of duty.
“You might have one team with 15 different decals,†noted Wyche.
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