Posted on 08/31/2020 5:28:55 AM PDT by dynachrome
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, players may display the names of victims of police violence and/or systemic racism on the padding along the bottom of the backs of their helmets.
It’s a full-season endeavor, and an important tangible effort by the NFL to allow the uniform to carry clear messages of social justice.
(Excerpt) Read more at profootballtalk.nbcsports.com ...
Cannon Hinnant, Veronica Lee Baker, Laura Ashley Anderson, or Charles Nicholas Wall
Several years ago weren’t some players told they couldn’t wear blue lives matter socks?
How about victims of black crime?
“Will there be any players brave enough to wear the name of a white person killed by blacks? (sarcasm. Never happen)”
Has to come from an NFL approved list. You can be sure that list will consist of black criminals only.
The NFL can shove all of this up their hind end. I have absolutely no interest in their travelling lecture series.
I won’t see the helmets cause I won’t be watching. I could care less.
That they can and the fans can systematically avoid watching the NFL
As my pastor friend would say, "Good luck with that!"
GMTA. Maybe the white players should put those on their helmets. After all, those are victims of criminals inflamed by the constant media blather about "systemic racism" who have decided to "do something about it."
This will be way worse than kneeling. Race baiting will be woven into the entire game broadcast. Helmet stickers, Player interviews, on field maoist slogans, “social justice” vignettes, etc. ESPN gave a preview of this during the first college football game last weekend. No chance I will be watching.
Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom.
Back in 2016 the Dallas Cowboys asked the NFL for permission to wear helmet decals honoring five Dallas police officers who were killed earlier that year. The NFL said no.
And you are a racist if you do not speak their names as they command you to.
There is no such thing as the “Black Race”. Kenyan marathoners have nothing in common with West-African sprinters other than ark skin. Since there is no scientific basis for the concept of race anyway, WHO ARE THE REAL RACISTS? Perhaps the ones seeking compensation for the amount of melanin in their skin?
If you put a name on your helmet, but no one sees it...does it count?
Keep doing this crap and there will be no viewers.
It truly is becoming a farce. Mockery is going to be the best form to piss these terror supers of. I wonder if they know that when you take a side in a war and you high profile- you become a target. Professional athletes are enemies of America
Nauseating.
I definitely remember that disgrace.
Negative...
The names will come from an approved list, with names like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery among the possibilities
The biggest problem facing Blacks is fatherless households. I keep waiting for these athletes to discuss a tangible issue like this instead of spewing platitudes. Of course, many players have multiple children by different women. They won’t even recognize this as a problem.
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