Robert Griffin III fined $10,000 for t-shirt

The NFL has fined Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III $10,000 for the t-shirt he wore (pictured above) before the Redskins game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Monday night, according to Mark Maske of the Washington Post.

Griffin’s shirt did not have anything offensive or profane and simply said “Operation Patience,” in regard to being held out of the preseason during his attempt to comeback from the torn ACL he suffered in the first round of the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks last season.

However, the NFL prohibits players from wearing unauthorized apparel when they are visible in a stadium on game day.

Clearly, this even includes pregame warmups, which is when Griffin wore the shirt.

As Maske also mentions, Griffin was also fined $10,000 last year for a similar offense when he wore Adidas  gear to a post game press conference (the NFL is sponsored by Nike).

Michael Davis Smith of Pro Football Talk says fines like this aren’t exactly uncommon, pointing out “Wes Welker got fined $10,000 for wearing an unauthorized hat in a post-game interview, Alex Smith was threatened with a $15,000 fine for wearing a San Francisco Giants hat, and Brian Urlacher was fined a whopping $100,000 for wearing an unauthorized hat at Super Bowl media day.”