Entitled “Inspire Change,” it included host Mike Tirico interviewing both NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association President DeMaurice Smith. “All of us went through a process of learning to try to understand what our players were protesting,” Goodell said. According to a recent Washington Post poll, a 56 percent majority of Americans say athletes kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality is appropriate. First of all the players aren’t protesting the national anthem. They’re demonstrating during the national anthem.

Source: Washington Post September 14, 2020 11:02 UTC