The NFL is great at pretending to care about problems without actually doing anything meaningful to address them. That’s what they did for years when it came to concussions and CTE and it’s what they’re doing now on the subject of the social justice issues that are so important to the communities of over two thirds of its players.
Despite all the feel-good-come-together videos and end racism slogans in the end zones, some critics are not impressed by what they perceive as a hypocritcal public relations campaign. Former Panthers safety Eric Reid called out Commissioner Roger Goodell on Twitter today, calling the NFL’s actions half-hearted at best. Reid continued with a second message, calling Goodell’s using video of Colin Kaepernick kneeling while continuing to rob him of his career “diabolical.”
2/2 business climate. As such, Roger Goodell uses video of Colin courageously kneeling to legitimize their disingenuous PR while simultaneously perpetuating systemic oppression, that the video he’s using fights against, by continuing to rob Colin of his career. It’s diabolical.
— Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) September 14, 2020
Reid was released by Carolina in March despite a negative cap effect. He remains a free agent along with Kaepernick.
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