Sandy Shanks
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Gee, really, Roger is opposed to racism and police brutality. Wow! Who would have believed it?
However, like any good politician these days who are dealing with the protests, Goodell didn't say a damn thing.
Well, what did he say? Here are the important parts.
"We were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier" who were protesting police brutality. Oh, so that means the NFL was officially ignoring police brutality? I don't think so. Besides, this "brutality" involves a handful of bad cops, not the police in general.
In the roughly minute-and-a-half statement, Goodell did not mention Colin Kaepernick by name but he said the NFL will "encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest." Goodell said he would be "reaching out" to players who have "raised their voices."
What the hell does that mean? By encouraging players to speak out, is Goodell saying the NFL now endorses players taking a knee during the national anthem?
Of course not, Goodell didn't say that, but players can certainly infer that. That is what some players did, and Goodell seems to be approving the body language.
However, I doubt Goodell is approving such a gesture. So, in the end, essentially, Goodell didn't say a thing, and what little he did say was meaningless and is subject to harmful implications by the players.
What is the difference between a real person and a politician? A real person deals with the issues and answers questions directly.
A politician avoids the real issues and never answers questions directly. Instead, he/she pretends to answer by giving us B.S.
That is exactly what Goodell did with his short little speech.
This source helped with this report: "We were wrong," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says - CBS News
However, like any good politician these days who are dealing with the protests, Goodell didn't say a damn thing.
Well, what did he say? Here are the important parts.
"We were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier" who were protesting police brutality. Oh, so that means the NFL was officially ignoring police brutality? I don't think so. Besides, this "brutality" involves a handful of bad cops, not the police in general.
In the roughly minute-and-a-half statement, Goodell did not mention Colin Kaepernick by name but he said the NFL will "encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest." Goodell said he would be "reaching out" to players who have "raised their voices."
What the hell does that mean? By encouraging players to speak out, is Goodell saying the NFL now endorses players taking a knee during the national anthem?
Of course not, Goodell didn't say that, but players can certainly infer that. That is what some players did, and Goodell seems to be approving the body language.
However, I doubt Goodell is approving such a gesture. So, in the end, essentially, Goodell didn't say a thing, and what little he did say was meaningless and is subject to harmful implications by the players.
What is the difference between a real person and a politician? A real person deals with the issues and answers questions directly.
A politician avoids the real issues and never answers questions directly. Instead, he/she pretends to answer by giving us B.S.
That is exactly what Goodell did with his short little speech.
This source helped with this report: "We were wrong," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says - CBS News