Scrutinized for his handling of controversies such as Bountygate and Deflategate, this potentially career-defining moment for Roger Goodell looms as the most delicate and complicated of them all.
Harry Edwards, a renowned sociologist of sports and civil rights activist, said it’s important to remember Goodell works for the NFL’s 32 team owners, some of whom have expressed far less enthusiasm for change than Goodell recently has.
On June 3, nine days after George Floyd was killed when a white police officer pinned his knee on the Black man’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Brees agreed to an interview with Yahoo Finance. Asked what he thought of NFL players kneeling again during the national anthem when the season starts, Brees replied, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.
Goodell, who declined to comment for this story, responded with his own video that next day, saying, “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. We, the National Football League, believe Black lives matter.”
“His attitude was, ‘What’s best for the team?’ It really didn’t matter whether Jim was a person of color. He was very well-received by our team, and Roger was instrumental.’’
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