The NFL has some rather strict rules regarding uniforms for the players. According to Yahoo! several NFL players may be hassled with a fine for wearing unauthorized tribute gear for 9/11 this Sunday. Some of the players posted pics of what they plan on wearing, Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs even tweeted "Looks like I'm getting fined this week". 

Briggs joins Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, and Tennessee Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in donning the tribute gear.

Players expressed confusion over why the NFL would deny them the chance to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by wearing different cleats when the league provides pink apparel (including shoes) to be worn by teams to promote breast cancer awareness each October.

The NFL is planning to honor the fallen with several different gameday events, and the NFL and NFLPA will donate $1 million to related charities and memorials. That's all very wonderful, but if the league is actually going to fine its own players for choosing to remember in their own way … isn't this the most glaring case for an exception to the uniform rule? None of the players choosing to wear this gear and take the automatic fine are looking to draw attention to themselves — this isn't a Hall of Fame jacket on the sideline or a Sharpie in the end zone.

These are players choosing to remember, and in the cases of Briggs, Hasselbeck, and many other NFL veterans, remember their own time in the NFL during and right after the attacks happened.

I agree. The NFL needs to back away from this one...let'em wear it!

Here's Chris Cooley's gear

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Lance Briggs

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Matt Hasselbeck

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