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NFL Fines Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair Over Controversial Eye Black Message

The NFL fined Azeez Al-Shaair $11,593 for wearing eye black reading “STOP THE GENOCIDE” during the Wild Card round game. The Houston Texans linebacker displayed the "personal message" postgame after beating the Pittsburgh Steelers. Al-Shaair, a longtime advocate for Palestine, previously made headlines for saying, “On either side, people losing their lives is not right.”