Antonio Brown Reportedly Told to Remove Cleats Honoring Muhammad Ali

Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown was forced to remove his Muhammad Ali-inspired cleats during Sunday's game against the New York Jets.

The All-Pro wore the cleats for the first two series in Week 5 before being told to change into league-permissible Nike footwear, according to the CBS broadcast, via Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com.

NFL on ESPN provided a look at the cleats:

The 28-year-old receiver has created problems for officials and the league office throughout the season. He has picked up two personal foul calls for dancing after touchdowns, with the latest incident resulting in a $24,309 fine. 

His footwear has also led to plenty of discussion prior to Sunday. Not only did Brown wear cleats with Arnold Palmer's face on them in Week 4 against the Kansas City Chiefs, but he also tried wearing baby blue cleats depicting his children's faces a week earlier against Philadelphia, which the league mandated he remove.

According to DK Pittsburgh Sports (h/t Yahoo Sports), the NFL was prepared to eject him from the game if he didn't change his shoes.

Despite the punishments, Brown doesn't appear likely to change his ways.

"It’s a game," the receiver said this week, per Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "You have to have fun. I can’t stop having fun. It’s always fun when we get to win games and do what we love to do. We work so hard over the course of the week. When you get in the end zone you’re filled with so much fun, passion and emotion."

Between dancing and uniform violations, Brown seems keen on causing headaches for the league office week after week.