Shannon Sharpe, CBS commentator and former NFL tight end, on the curious solidarity of NFL owners with the league's black players. He's also got a few choice insights into America's racist pig of a president. And, this time, it's not just a 20 second soundbite either.
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The Star's Rosie DiManno has some interesting thoughts about the NFL owners, Mound:
None of those team owners who actually and symbolically locked arms with some 200 protesting players on Sunday and Monday have seen fit to sign Kaepernick as either a backup or third-string QB.
"They are hypocrites.
They are among NFL franchise owners who, with the league, donated at least $7.5 million of the $106 million raised for Trump’s inaugural festivities, according to public records. And hundreds of thousands more to Trump’s campaign.
If those owners, now in purported lock-step solidarity with their players, gave a fig about racial injustice, they would not have blackballed Kaepernick or waited until this most odious of commanders-in-chief challenged their own feudal sovereignty over football".
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/26/trump-takes-the-news-cycle-hostage-with-his-tirade-against-nfl-players-dimanno.html
An uncommon moment when I agree with DiManno, Lorne. Thanks.
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