Nick Bosa’s post-game hat message violated plain language of NFL rules

After Sunday night's Cowboys-49ers game, NBC's Melissa Stark was interviewing a trio of 49ers. Teammate Nick Bosa showed up briefly, wearing a hat and pointing to it.Because it was white with gold lettering (and not the usual red with white lettering), the message wasn't obvious at first. It said, "Make America Great Again."Regardless of which candidate in the upcoming presidential election any hat worn by Bosa (or anyone else) would have worn before, during, or after the game, it's a clear violation of the rulebook.As flagged by Alex Simon of SFGate.com, the plain language of Rule 5, Article 4, Section 8 applies to post-game messages from players:"Throughout the period on game day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field), players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office. . . . The League will not grant permission for any club or player to wear, display, or otherwise convey messages, through helmet...