Posted on 07/27/2020 3:54:45 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
As part of the NFL's ongoing commitment to social justice programs, the messages "It Takes All of Us" and "End Racism" will be stenciled on all end zone borders for home openers, the league office informed clubs in a memo Monday obtained by ESPN.
The two messages of inclusion, which will be stenciled on opposite end zones during kickoff week, are key elements of the league's broader, multifaceted rollout intended to highlight its efforts to support diversity and inclusion while the new season begins.
The end zone messages demonstrate "how football and the NFL brings people together to work as one and use our example and our actions to help conquer racism," the memo reads. The memo also confirms that players will have the option to wear helmet decals honoring victims of systemic racism.
"Each player will have the option to honor an individual by displaying that person's name via a decal on the back of their helmet," the memo reads. "Players will be offered a list of names and short biographical information to help guide their decision-making, however, they can also select a victim of systemic racism who is not represented on this list." If coaches desire, they can honor victims of systemic racism by wearing patches on their hats.
Additionally, the league will recognize essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FU NFL
Seems to me that it’s BLACKS that are the RACISTS! Even against EACH OTHER!
How can the nfl, nba, etc. be racist when about 70% of the players are minorities? They just keep digging the hole deeper.
End Global Warming! Yay!
Wow I am so over these assholes.
tell that to many in the black community who think they are not racist towards mostly white men because they are black
I wonder how the FR NFL thread will fare with all this garbage?
I will never watch another NFL football game again, as long as they do this crap. Even if they stop, they've lost a lot of market share. Time to throw away my NFL clothing gear.
That’s it....not going to watch.
I hope to live to hear about Harvard Business School discussing how the major sports franchises committed suicide in this time period. They voluntarily ceded control of perceptions to their employees, reduced their fan base by half, and attempted to maintain salaries, profits and revenues despite these actions.
While the losses were readily apparent from 2017 on, it was at the 2022 Super Bowl that the cancer became clear in one place for one event. Top tier ‘nose bleed’ seats had to be covered as unsalable, even when offered to YMCA Youth Clubs for free. The study’s authors marveled that never has such wealth been squandered so politically!
She deserved it. White privilege and all dat
Gee, why not BLACK LIVES MATTER?
I quit caring about sports in the 80s.
Easy if you try.
White folks are oppressing these players by paying them too much...got it....
I am rooting for my new team—the virus.
The NFL can KMA. Stencil THAT in the end zone.
Who the hell cares?
As if I’d be watching... LOL
How about “End Idiocy”....makes more sense
You realize that College sports are worse right?
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