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NFL Announces Plans to ‘Promote Social Change and Address Inequalities in Our Communities’
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 17, 2017 | 3:46 PM EDT | Craig Bannister

Posted on 10/17/2017 10:17:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai

National Football League (NFL) owners, executives, players and union leaders announced Tuesday that they’re making plans to “utilize our platform” to effectuate “social change.”

The NFL and NFL Players Association released a joint statement after a meeting Monday that discussed, among other things, players’ National Anthem protests at games. The statement declares their joint plans to use the NFL’s platform to change society and “address inequalities in our communities.” […]

On Monday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell used his platform to promote Senate legislation. Goodell and Seattle Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin issued a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and three other senators in support of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017. …

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: allforalie; boycottnfl; goodell; liberalagenda; nfhell; nfl; nofansleft; socialchange; socialjustice
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

wished he would break a little quicker lol


61 posted on 10/18/2017 11:24:22 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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