It's not hard to find NFL players who are big NBA fans, so it's likely Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas was watching the NBA All-Star game on Sunday night when he posted this tweet:
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The NFL should take notes from the NBA. Allow us to express our creativity without fining us.Celebrate our players while we R still living.
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And Thomas is dead-on. The NBA's annual midseason showcase features an elaborate introduction for starters, which this year featured superstar music artist Drake; players could dance or ham it up however they wanted, and families and children were close by.
That isn't just an exception for the All-Star game, however; the NBA in general lets players be when it comes to personal expression on the court, loosening the rules on shoe colors in recent years, and players can celebrate big baskets without fear of having the whistle blown.
As NFL followers know, there's strict rules on what players can wear, how they wear it, how they celebrate and who they can celebrate with; some players get grief for their post-touchdown dancing, but a choreographed dance with teammates that helped them get into the end zone would draw a penalty.
And clearly, players notice the differences, as Thomas' tweet shows.
In a funny bit of timing, the NFL Football Operations Twitter feed posted this on Monday morning, giving examples of uniform violations, which players can be fined for:
 | @NFLFootballOps | |
Take a look at specific examples of @NFL uniform & equipment rules/violations for each team: operations.nfl.com/football-ops/n… pic.twitter.com/qU7mF5gN8V
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