Thread: NFL warns Earl Bennett about shoes

Originally Posted by blinddeafmute

Fuck the NFL. The shoes are one of the team colors. He was fined for wearing them with the orange Uni.

From what I thought I heard elsewhere, its because the orange shoes are not a specified color by the Bears.

Cutler already gave 15K to Bennett for the shoes. He did not want to give another 20K :D

Shoes
(g) Shoes must be of standard football design, including “sneaker” type shoes such as basketball shoes,
cross-training shoes, etc. League-approved tri-colored shoes are permitted with black, white, and one
team color. Each team must select a dominant color for its shoes, either black or white (with shoelace
color conforming to the dominant color of the tongue area of the manufacturer’s shoe). The selection
of dominant color must be reported by each team to the League office no later than July 1 each year.
Each player may select among shoe styles previously approved by the League office. All players on
the same team must wear shoes with the same dominant color. Approved shoe styles will contain one
team color which must be the same for all players on a given team. A player may wear an unapproved
standard football shoe style as long as the player tapes over the entire shoe to conform to his team’s
selected dominant color. Logos, names, or other commercial identification on shoes are not permitted
to be visible unless advance approval is granted by the League office (see Article 7). Size and location
of logos and names on shoes must be approved by the League office. When a shoe logo or a name
approved by the League office is covered with an appropriate use of tape (see Article 4(f)), players will
be allowed to cut out the tape covering the original logo or name, provided the cut is clean and is the
exact size of the logo or name. The logo or name of the shoe manufacturer must not be reapplied to
the exterior of taped shoes unless advance approval is granted by the League office. Kicking shoes
must not be modified (including using a shoelace wrapped around toe and/or bottom of the shoe),
and any shoe that is worn by a player with an artificial limb on his kicking leg must have a kicking
surface that conforms to that of a normal kicking shoe. Punters and placekickers may omit the shoe
from the kicking foot in preparation for and during kicking plays. Punters and placekickers may wear
any combination of tri-colored shoes

http://static.nfl.com/static/content...neralRules.pdf

Originally Posted by The Benjamin

The selection of dominant color must be reported by each team to the League office no later than July 1 each year.
Each player may select among shoe styles previously approved by the League office. All players on
the same team must wear shoes with the same dominant color.
Approved shoe styles will contain one team color which must be the same for all players on a given team. A player may wear an unapproved
standard football shoe style as long as the player tapes over the entire shoe to conform to his team’s selected dominant color.

You know the Solution Bears management. Make it happen for next year.

Originally Posted by soulman

So now teams have to specify shoe colors in addition to jersey, pants and socks????? What about the color of their jockstraps???? Is there an NFL policy on the approved color for them or are they all required to be white?

Maybe he needs to do a Jimmy Mac and wear black shoes with Gooddell printed on them, LOL.

Read the rule I posted on shoes.

YES, it must be made known to the league.