Kyrie Irving offers to pay fine for Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair after LB wrote on eye black in tribute to killed Palestinian girl
Al-Shaair was reportedly fined more than $11,000 for violation of the NFL's equipment, uniform and player appearance rules.
Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined $11,941 by the NFL for displaying the name of a Palestinian girl in tribute on his eye black during a game against the Buffalo Bills. The girl, Hind Rajab, was killed along with her family in Gaza by Israeli forces in 2024 when she was just five years old. The fine is not specifically for Al-Shaair's pro-Palestinian message, but rather for any unauthorized message written on his eye black, as per NFL rules.
Irving, a nine-time NBA All-Star and one-time champion, offered to pay Al-Shaair's fine on X, acknowledging the violation of the NFL's equipment, uniform, and player appearance rules.
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