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‘You Need Me, I Don't Need You’? Jay-Z and the NFL Are Now Doing Business Together
Jay-Z and his entertainment and sports company, Roc Nation, will be partnering up with the NFL starting this year to serve as the league’s “live music entertainment strategist.” The collaboration comes despite Jay-Z having been, for a time, a vocal critic of the league, due to the way they handled widespread police brutality protests during…
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The NFL Needs to Get Behind Its Blockers and Run Colin Kaepernick His Check
The NFL needs to stop playing. They need to stop acting like there wasn’t a major effort to keep former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick out of the league. There was and there still is. The NFL didn’t just collude to keep Kaepernick off the field, they are the collusionist colluders in all of Collusionville.…
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Trump to NFL: Congratulations, You Played Yourself
The NFL went out of its way to try and appease President Oppression Von Anusmouth’s demands to stop black players from kneeling during the national anthem to protest the overpolicing of black communities. The NFL’s concession and new national anthem policy was to have players stay in the locker room while “The Star-Spangled Banner” plays—but…
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Congratulations, NFL, You Played Yourself! Protest Fines Didn’t Appease Trump, Who Wants Players Who Don’t Stand for the Anthem Tossed Out of the Country
President Donald Trump knows how to light a tiki torch, doesn’t he? Shortly after news broke that the NFL had succumbed to the demands of the grand wizard of “Make America great again” to punish players who protest during the national anthem, Trump, who crusaded against players’ rights to protest, made it clear that he…
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The NFL Will Fine Players Who Protest During Anthem, Proving White Tears Matter More Than Black Lives
Welp, it’s official, and if you didn’t see this coming, you haven’t been watching. Surprising only those who still believe in fairy tales like Bigfoot, reverse racism and R. Kelly’s innocence, NFL team owners voted Wednesday to approve a policy that requires all players on the field to stand during the national anthem performance, proving…
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Goodell Doubles Down on Claim That Kaepernick Isn’t Being Blackballed
Talking to CNBC today, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell maintained that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was not being blackballed, despite all evidence to the contrary. But who are you going to believe—Goodell or your lying, not-seeing-Colin-Kaepernick-in-uniform eyes? In fact, Goodell told CNBC’s Squawk Box that Kaepernick is “welcome to come over and meet…
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Contrary to Previous Reports, Colin Kaepernick Was Not Invited to Past or Future Meetings Between NFL Team Owners and Players
Last week, NFL Executive Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Joe Lockhart told reporters that he fully expected Colin Kaepernick to be invited to attend the next meeting between NFL players, their representatives and the league to discuss how the NFL could better support players in their activism efforts. Those comments were echoed by…
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Michael Bennett Will Continue to Sit During Anthem, Says Kaepernick Needs a Job Before NFL Can Move Forward With Players
Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett says the issue of Colin Kaepernick’s unemployment needs to be addressed before players and the league can move forward with talks on how to work together on social causes. “I think the first step to even being able to even have a conversation is making sure that Colin Kaepernick…
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NFL Says It Won’t Penalize Players for Kneeling During Anthem
The NFL would have you believe it woke up. After weeks of NFL owners trying to appease their players and their racist fans, too, the league has decided that players can continue to kneel during the national anthem to call attention to racial injustice without penalty. The decision came after a meeting Tuesday afternoon in…