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“It would really be no skin off the owners’ backs: They would just move the money from those programs to this one.” Eric Reid
Reid said he believes the NFL wanted to make the deal as palatable as possible to owners by offering them the opportunity to shift funds rather than open their wallets. If the owners paid for the seven-year, $89 million program out of their own pockets,000 per year., it would cost each of the 32 NFL franchises slightly less than $400
“[NFL Commissioner] Roger Goodell is trying to make this as easy for the owners to agree to as possible so that—again,Authentic Kareem Jackson Jersey, their goal is to end the protests, Look you really don’t have to do anything. We’re just going to shift this money from this area and just move it here.”,” Reid said. “He’s trying to make it as easy possible to do that for the owners. He’s going to present them with a proposal saying
“Would you be willing to end the protests if they made a donation?” Reid told reporters on Wednesday—and confirmed to Slate on Thursday—that Jenkins had been the one to ask him that question. “At no point did we ever communicate that an agreement with the NFL would end the protests,Reid also confirmed a report in Slate published earlier on Thursday that laid out some of his objections to the proposal. That piece indicated he had received a message prior to the deal’s completion asking,Authentic Shane Lechler Jersey, so for him to come to that point with the league,” Reid said, it was the last straw for me, per ESPN.
Reid said he doesn’t believe the Jenkins-led group that agreed to the deal with the NFL spoke for many—or possibly any—of the players who have knelt and sat during the national anthem in contravention of the league’s wishes.,Authentic Ryan Griffin Jersey,In his interview with Slate
Authentic Marcus Peters Jersey, I guess, every player who was actually protesting [aside from Jenkins] was not in agreement [with] this proposal, nine or so players who don’t protest who were in agreement with the proposal.”
Reid said it was his belief that the Jenkins-brokered deal had the official backing of less than 1 percent of the league’s nearly 1, none of whom have knelt or sat during the anthem. The NFL Players Association—the union that represents the league’s players—told Slate on Wednesday that it was “not directly involved” in the discussions over the new proposal and could not comment.,700 rostered players
although the league hoped the players would.,Authentic Derrick Johnson Jersey,ESPN reported on Thursday that Goodell had been “furious” to learn that not all of the protesting players had agreed to the deal. ESPN also reported that there was “no implicit quid pro quo” in that deal for players to stop their anthem protests
that they would expect us to stop protesting.”,Reid believes there was in fact an expectation that players would stop their protests. He says Jenkins told him “that he left the conversation [with a league official] with a strong feeling that once they made a monetary contribution
Reid also questioned whether players who had stood by the coalition but had declined to protest were actually putting anything at risk. “I think [it’s] obvious,” he said, who Malcolm is using as his backing to say that the coalition is in agreement.”, “that these are people who have not sacrificed their careers
Reid postulated that the urgency of the deal—and the pressure he sensed had been placed on Jenkins to accept it—might have to do with a scheduled Dec. 13 owners meeting that will reportedly be devoted to Goodell’s contract negotiations.
a league source told Slate that any suggestion that the deal was somehow related to Goodell’s contract negotiations was “absurd.”,On Wednesday
Reid also questioned whether the $89 million the NFL has pledged to social justice causes would be spent in a way that benefits the issues he cared about.
“It’s a charade,” he added, where, referring to a league public service announcement campaign. ESPN reported last month that an early proposal for a league campaign around social justice issues involved “a request for a huge marketing budget.” As Deadspin put it on Thursday, this is a typical maneuver for the NFL. “That’s essentially what the league has done with its previous social causes like domestic violence,Womens Breno Giacomini Jersey, breast cancer, in each case,” Reid said. “It’s basically going to be an NFL Cares, and CTE research,Womens C. J. Fiedorowicz Jersey, the NFL’s first interest appeared to be in running commercials touting how much the NFL cares,” Barry Petchesky wrote.
ESPN laid out some details of the NFL’s proposed plan:,On Wednesday
The agreement calls for national funds to be allocated accordingly: 25 percent to the United Negro College Fund; 25 percent to Dream Corps; and 50 percent to the Players Coalition, which has filed 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) paperwork for nonprofit status as a fiscally sponsored project. This week,Womens Kareem Jackson Jersey, which hopes to work with grass-roots and nonprofit organizations., the coalition hired The Hopewell Fund to oversee and advise the group
Reid said it’s his understanding that the unallocated funds—apparently 50 percent of the total outlay—would be spent based on recommendations from a working group of players and league and team officials. That group would have 12 members, seven of whom would represent the interests of the league office or NFL teams. This, would essentially allow that money to be controlled by the league., Reid said
lack of police accountability in brutality cases,Womens Shane Lechler Jersey,Reid would like the NFL to spend money to address issues of racial inequality in the criminal justice system, and mass incarceration reform. Jenkins, has provided continual, too,Womens Ryan Griffin Jersey, fervent support for the causes.
Even if this deal between the Players Coalition and the league goes forward, Reid told Slate, as appears to have happened to his friend Colin Kaepernick., he will continue to protest. He will do so even if it costs him his job
“I feel like I would be a hypocrite not to use my platform to speak up for people who are facing oppression in this country, if we stand up together we can make change.”,Womens Marcus Peters Jersey,” he said. “I did it and I still do it because I believe it’s worth letting people know that if we do this together
“The end isn’t in sight in this country” when it comes to systematic oppression of minorities in the United States, he added. “So, protesting is the only way I feel comfortable with saying I’m doing the right thing.”, for me
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