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Report: Bears' Earl Bennett Will Not Be Allowed on Field Sunday if He Wears Orange Shoes

Found November 20, 2011 on NESN.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Earl Bennett,  Chris Mortensen
TEAMS: Chicago Bears

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The NFL is willing to overlook numerous injustices and will take its sweet time to dispense discipline on a coach who curses at a fan, but one thing the league will not tolerate is the wearing of orange footwear. Bears wide receiver Earl Bennett has thankfully been barred from taking part in the highly dangerous exercise of wearing bright orange cleats now that the NFL has told him he will not be allowed on the field Sunday if he wears the nuclear footwear, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports. Bennett was fined $5,000 the first time he wore the shoes, then $10,000...
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