San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was fined over $11,000 for using the N-word on the field during the Chicago Bears game in Week 2. This is a new rule in the NFL, that is you use that word on the field, you will be fined.

Kaepernick was pleading his case that he did not use the word but Bers defensive end Lamarr Houston told The Tribune that Kaepernick did use the “inappropriate language”.

Both Houston and Kaepernick are African Americans but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is trying to decrease inappropriate language on the field.