“I would stand” -Fmr. NFL coach @TonyDungy weighs in on anthem kneeling after Jim Brown says he’d never kneel pic.twitter.com/qca249TDup
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) August 8, 2018
I think Tony Dungy had good intentions, but he should have known that he was going to be used by FOX NEWS as a prop to make the black players look bad about protesting against racism and police brutality during the anthem.
If you listen at the interview above, Dungy makes some very rational points and supports the players, but you would never know by the headlines that FOX NEWS used.
The Postgame Jeff Eisenband spoke to Dungy about this and he agreed that he was manipulated by FOX NEWS.
On Thursday morning, ThePostGame had the opportunity to talk with Tony and Lauren at the NFL Experience in Times Square before the couple read their two new children’s books, Austin Plays Fair and Maria Finds Courage to a group of children from Boys & Girls Clubs of New York. We simply asked Tony what he would write as a title, in order to clear up any confusion.
“My headline would be, ‘The Dungys support the players’ right to be out-front for social change,'” Dungy says. We support any way they want to do it, but the idea is to try to make the situation better. I thought that was a very deceptive headline. I would personally stand, but I support those who don’t stand.”
Hopefully, other black people in media will look at this and turn down their invites when asked by FOX NEWS to come on, so this doesn’t happen again, but I won’t hold my breath.
Earlier this week, @TonyDungy and @LaurenDungy published two children's books, 'Austin Plays Fair' and 'Maria Finds Courage.' In the books, the two are represented by fictional versions of themselves, "Coach Tony" and "Coach Lauren." pic.twitter.com/hPtVpbAGEw
— ThePostGame (@ThePostGame) August 9, 2018