Former UK football star Avery Williamson chose to wear patriotic cleats on Sunday despite a warning from the National Football League.
The NFL threatened to fine Williamson if he wore the red, white and blue cleats.
After receiving support from several organizations, Williamson decided to wear the cleats anyways.
Here are more details from WKYT.com:
However Williamson decided he would wear the cleats anyway after several New York and New Jersey police associations reached out to Williamson and offered to pay whatever fine the NFL imposed.
“I got so much support across the country and especially when the New York and New Jersey police unions said that they would pay my fine, that really meant a lot,” said Williamson. “So I felt like if I didn’t wear them it would be just, I don’t know I just wouldn’t have felt good about it. I felt like I had to do that for myself and to represent the people that were lost and the people that do their jobs everyday to protect us.”
