against the Chiefs player - a devout Muslim - was subsequently declared by NFL Vice-President of Football Communications Michael Signora as a mistake. “Abdullah should not have been penalized,” Signora tweeted. “Officiating mechanic is not to flag player who goes to ground for religious reasons.” But last month, when Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III showed up to a postgame interview in a T-shirt displaying the phrase “No Jesus, No Peace/Know Jesus, Know Peace,” he was told to hide the Christian message by turning his shirt inside out. Griffin complied, but this incident was not followed up with an NFL official admitting the league was wrong - implying no mistake was made.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 20:43:35 +0000
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