'We were wrong': NFL commissioner says league failed to listen to players on protests

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

SPORTS NEWS JUNE 5, 2020 / 7:19 PM / UPDATED 13 MINUTES AGO

'We were wrong': NFL commissioner says league failed to listen to players on protests

Amy Tennery
2 MIN READ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league made mistakes in not listening to players, in a video on Friday denouncing racism in the United States amid widespread protests over police brutality against black people.

“We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest,” said Goodell. “We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter.”

The NFL has been locked in an ongoing debate with players over kneeling protests during the national anthem before the start of games, a practice popularized by quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 to protest racial injustice and police brutality.

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The NFL sent the video out just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his call for an end to kneeling protests during the national anthem.

Reporting By Amy Tennery; Editing by Sandra Maler and Cynthia Osterman

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-nfl/we-were-wrong-nfl-commissioner-says-league-failed-to-listen-to-players-on-protests-idUSKBN23C36B

[DURHAM D]

1. If Drew Brees was not such a dumb ass

this would not be happening.

Thanks Drew.

Now, what about Kap?

[Laelth]

2. Yes. You were wrong.

Don’t think that your admitting that you were wrong, now, earns you many brownie points.

-Laelth

[padah513]

3. They want you to think that they stuck a finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing

And now are tacking accordingly, but the wind never changed. It's always been blowing in the same direction. If the George Floyd murder wasn't recorded for all the world to see, do you really think there would have been a change in their position? Pathetic.

[hotrod0808]

4. Hollow words.

They caved to the people that they thought were more important than their black players: white men who not only never played in the league, but who also never had to deal with daily abuse. Fuck Roger Goodell then, now, and forever.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I agree with Judd Appatow...

"They didn’t just not listen. They destroyed careers because people like @Kaepernick7 spoke up in the most peaceful way possible about an issue of vital importance. Every owner acted in a way that was abhorrent."