Any sports fan with a pulse knows that Pat Tillman paid the ultimate price supporting his country this past Spring. I remember being on the verge of tears. Not because he was a fallen soldier, but for everything that he stood for. I'll be honest, I didn't even know who he was until he walked away from his NFL contract.
At the time, I wanted to buy a Cardinals jersey with his #40, but I couldn't find one anywhere. I had almost forgotten about it until I was reading an article about how Jake Plummer, one of his former teammates, wouldn't be allowed to pay tribute to him, because it would be a violation of NFL uniform rules. GRR. Stupid beauracracy. I ended up finding a link to the Pat Tillman Foundation and found out that the NFL is going to end up selling jerseys with proceeds going to the PTF. At least they got that part right.
