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Seahawks cancel team meetings in honor of George Floyd memorial

The Seattle Seahawks have cancelled their regular, virtual team meeting on Thursday in honor of the George Floyd memorial service.

The Seattle Seahawks are among the NFL teams cancelling their team meetings on Thursday in honor of the George Floyd memorial, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and later confirmed by Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.

The memorial is taking place on Thursday, June 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, a police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes while Floyd, in handcuffs, cried for help and exclaimed that he could not breathe.

The incident has caused peaceful protests around the country, reigniting the Black Lives Matter movement in a way that has not been seen since Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem in order to protest police brutality against people of color.

Many Seahawks players and coaches, including Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner, have spoken up about the racial injustice in this country, and the way the team has worked together to have open and honest conversations amongst each other.

“I’m grateful we have an organization that understands,” Wagner told Seattle media on Monday. “It’s hard for me to focus on football or focus on anything other than what’s going on. If you looked up from whatever you were doing, you saw what was happening.”

The Seahawks will resume their regular virtual team meetings on Friday, with the aim of getting onto the practice field for training camp sometime in July.

Seahawks pledge to donate $500k from Equality and Justice Fund

The Seattle Seahawks released a statement on their website pledging to donate $500,000 to bring about change after George Floyd’s death.

The Seattle Seahawks released a statement on Monday in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, condemning the actions of now-convicted police officer Derek Chauvin and pledging to donate $500,000 in grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund to yet-unnamed recipients, which the players will determine to spur action to end racism and crimes influenced by it.

“We stand with Seattle, and every community in uniting to help heal our society and overcome the hurt, anger and frustration through peaceful protests and acts of togetherness,” read the press release. “With that, to further aid in the solution the Seahawks players will begin the process of determining recipients for grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund in the amount of $500k.”

All eyes are still on the aftermath of the incident and what organizations in power will do to bring about change.

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Floyd Mayweather to pay for funeral of George Floyd

The family of George Floyd has accepted Floyd Mayweather’s offer to pay for his funeral.

Floyd Mayweather is doing what he can for the family of George Floyd.

The retired boxer offered to pay for the funeral of Floyd, the African American man who died after police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the back of his neck for almost nine minutes last Tuesday in Minneapolis, TMZ reported.

And the family accepted the offer, according to ESPN.

“He’ll probably get mad at me for saying that, but, yes, [Mayweather] is definitely paying for the funeral,” said Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions.

“… “Floyd has done these kind of things over the last 20 years.”

Mayweather paid for the funeral of former opponent Genaro Hernandez in 2011, ESPN reported. Hernandez, a former titleholder, died from cancer.

Floyd’s funeral reportedly is set for June 9 in Floyd’s hometown of Houston.

Floyd’s death has triggered protests nationwide.

DK Metcalf speaks on George Floyd’s death and aftermath via Twitter

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf spoke out on Twitter about George Floyd’s death and the emotional aftermath of the situation.

 

 

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf took to Twitter on Saturday and shared his thoughts on George Floyd’s mistreatment and death at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin and the emotional aftermath of the situation.

In a deep and despondent voice, Metcalf expressed his fears that African Americans close to him could also become victims of racial abuse.

“I watched the George Floyd video a couple days ago, and the one thing that kept sticking out to me was, I have family, friends, brothers that look like George Floyd,” Metcalf stated. “To think being black in America can lead to that, it scares me. It breaks my heart that . . . my uncles could go out into the world today and that could be them.”

Metcalf felt the need to speak out on this issue to show his desire for justice.

“I wanted to say something because if I didn’t, then I felt like I would be supporting it, and that’s not right,” he said. “That’s totally not right, and . . . I’m just at a loss for words now.”

He also urged the African American community to stay strong and continue to push for equality, unity, and peace, referencing their ancestors in the civil rights movement.

“Black community, we just got to continue to fight and stick together man, because our ancestors have been through tough times and they taught us how to do it,” Metcalf said. “So let’s just continue to stick together.”

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Eagles QB Carson Wentz speaks out about George Floyd’s death

Carson Wentz speaks out about George Floyd’s death

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is a man of faith and spends every day outside of his duties as a quarterback, spreading love, helping those in need, or donating to several worthy causes.

Wentz is also an American and like so many others, he was affected by the killing of George Floyd, who died on Monday after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes during the process of arresting him.

The tragic incident was caught on tape and has sparked several days of outrage, protests, and riots in Minneapolis and around the country.

On Thursday evening, Wentz shared his thoughts on the tragedy and spoke with grace and a sense of self-awareness.

Athletes from around the NFL and other professional sports leagues around the country have reacted, while Minneapolis officials pleaded for “patience” Thursday as they work to build a criminal case in the “senseless” death of Floyd.

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