Niko Noga, 26, a linebacker with the...

Niko Noga, 26, a linebacker with the Phoenix Cardinals, and Al Noga, 23, a rookie defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings, have been threatened by people associated with organized crime in Hawaii, according to the FBI.

The threat was made by friends of some men the brothers beat up during a fight at a Honolulu discotheque in July, Eugene Glenn, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Hawaii office said.