Last week, the NFL unveiled their plan to donate $250 million over the next decade to combat systemic racism.
“The NFL and our clubs will continue to work collaboratively with NFL players to support programs to address criminal justice reform, police reforms, and economic and educational advancement,” the NFL said in a statement.
“In addition to the financial commitment, we will continue to leverage the NFL Network and all of our media properties to place an increased emphasis on raising awareness and promoting education of social justice issues to our fans and help foster unity.”
The NFL plans to increase its social-justice footprint by pledging to donate $250 million over a 10-year period
Currently, the NFL employs four minority head coaches — Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh Steelers), Anthony Lynn (Los Angeles Chargers), Brian Flores (Miami Dolphins) and Ron Rivera (Washington Redskins) — as well as two minority general managers — Chris Grier (Dolphins) and Andrew Berry (Cleveland Browns). Placing minorities in positions of leadership is a league wide problem despite past efforts from the league such as the Rooney rule. The NFL once again tried to tackle the issue earlier this offseason with an embarrassing heavy handed proposal designed to incentivize teams to hire minority candidates with draft pick compensation.
In the eyes of former Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, there’s a certain level of hypocrisy which emanating from the National Football League.
Turn the page for his thoughts.