A New Orleans Saints football player, who was fined $7,017 by the NFL for wearing a “Man of God” headband during a Sept. 22 game, has won his appeal against the league and turned the incident into a fundraising opportunity for a local hospital.
“My agent just told me that I won my appeal and won’t have to pay the headband fine,” linebacker Demario Davis posted Wednesday on Instagram.
Davis’s wallet will still be $7,017 lighter, though, as he pledged to donate the amount of the original fine to St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. One hundred percent of subsequent sales of the headband, which also come in “Woman of God” and “Child of God” versions, are benefitting the hospital.
“So far, we’ve raised over $30,000 for them from the headbands!!” the linebacker posted. “That means yall helped me turn a $7,000 negative into an almost $40,000 positive benefiting people who truly need it!!! Do y’all see how that worked?? Let’s gooooo. That’s crazy! Ya’ll are a part of this journey too!! I can’t thank ya’ll enough either. We on a mission over here obstacles are meant to be conquered!! I’m truly blessed as anybody.”
As Christian Headlines reported last week, Davis wore the headband for three weeks before catching the eye of NFL officials, who maintained the headband violated its policy…
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