The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) expressed gratitude after Washington Commanders cornerback Kendall Fuller decided to use the NFL’s ‘My Cause My Cleats’ campaign to bring exposure to the group.
The FCA describes its mission as an effort to “lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church.”
Fuller will wear cleats in support of the group during Weeks 13 and 14 of the NFL season.
“The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is appreciative to the many players who have represented FCA in the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats campaign,” the group said in a statement.
“For 69 years, FCA has stayed true to its vision to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.”
LGBT Group Not Happy With Pro-Christian ‘My Cause My Cleats’ Display
While the FCA was thrilled with the endorsement, Outsports – which views sports specifically through an LGBT prism – was beside themselves over Fuller’s support.
They note Fuller is the only one in the ‘My Cause My Cleats’ program supporting FCA, a group they describe as “a clearly anti-LGBTQ organization.”
The publication is aghast that the Christian organization opposes any support for same-sex marriage. They even suggest Fuller should view it through the same lens as any organization that would disallow blacks in its ranks.
“It’s impossible to believe that Fuller — a Black man — would support any organization that bars Black people from leadership roles,” as so many churches did for so many years, no matter how ‘Christian’ he, or the organization, is,” they write.
Outsports also complains that nobody wore any LGBT cleats.
“Zero NFL players are supporting organizations that specifically support LGBTQ charities,” they note after conducting a thorough analysis.
Apparently, all the pride-themed messages throughout the years aren’t enough. One team that held such an LGBT-specific celebration was the Washington Commanders.
The Commanders held their first Pride Night in September 2021 – the first time the NFL labeled a game as such.
But man oh man, that opposing religious viewpoint. We can’t have that, can we?
Uniform Changes Were Once a Huge No-No in the NFL
It goes without saying that if any player decided to wear rainbow pride cleats, there would be very little outcry. The cleat changes for the ‘My Cause My Cleats’ program is actually pretty unique.
The NFL was famously strict in years past when it came to uniform violations.
In 2011, I covered a situation in which the NFL was going to refuse to allow players to wear cleats as a tribute to 9/11.
Lance Briggs, the legendary former linebacker for the Chicago Bears was threatened with a fine for changing his cleats on the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks.
While Kendall Fuller is the only one to support the FCA through the ‘My Cause My Cleats’ program this year, several athletes have done so in years past.
Christian Rozeboom, a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, chose FCA as his organization to spotlight in 2022.
Rozeboom seemed to express regret after being pressured by LGBT groups over his decision. Let’s hope Fuller doesn’t cave in the same manner.
