As we observe the recent apologies of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL (National Football League), it is important to note that professional sports, including the NFL, has long been afflicted with the paradigm of racism.
(Excerpt from “Solving The Race Issue In was inspiring to have the NFL admit that the league got it wrong with respect to black football players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
The true test of the NFL’s sincerity is how it handles the professional and financial damage Colin Kaepernick may have suffered as a result of being unsigned by any NFL team for over three years.
What the NFL did to Kaepernick is another example of excessive, unjust punishments that professional sports organizations have inflicted upon black athletes.
Jack Johnson, the first black heavy weight boxing champion, had over seven years stolen from him at the prime of his boxing career when he committed the “capital sin” – married a white woman in 1912.
