If there was any confusion about if the NFL offered Malcolm Jenkins $100 million to get players to stop protesting during the anthem there shouldn’t be now after his latest comments.
#Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, who has raised his right fist during the national anthem since last season, said that he will no longer protest social injustice in that manner.
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) November 30, 2017
On top of that Jenkins confirms that the only reason the NFL is offering the money is for the players to stand down from their public protests during the anthem.
Malcolm Jenkins said that he has been encouraged by the NFL’s efforts in regards to social injustice. League recently pledged to contribute $100 million to causes important to the black community if players stand during the national anthem. Some players are still not on board.
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) November 30, 2017
This is exactly what Eric Reid accused Jenkins of doing behind some of the players back.
Reid said he received a text from Jenkins on Wednesday morning asking him if he would be comfortable ending the demonstrations if the NFL made a donation to the player coalition.
“At that point, that was the last straw for me,” Reid said. “He had a conversation with the NFL, we agreed that multiple people would be in all conversations with the NFL, it wouldn’t just be him solely, so he didn’t stand by his word on that. At no point did we ever communicate that an agreement with the NFL would end the protests, so for him to come to that point with the league, it was the last straw for me.”
“Malcolm, which is also a concern that I raised with him, Malcolm kicked Colin out of the coalition following the meeting in New York at the beginning of the season,” Reid said.
“There was a group message — I guess he was the administrator of the message, and he took Colin out.”
While the $100 million is great it should be noted it will be spread out over 7 years and split between the 32 teams. The only reason it was offered was to stop the players from protesting, it wasn’t done because the NFL cares about the causes of the protest.