Diversity Management, News and Updates
One hundred years after it was originally formed as the American Professional Football Association back in 1920, the NFL has finally broken major ground by having the first Black woman ever in the league’s history to officiate an NFL game. CNN’s Homero De la Fuente reported that Maia Chaka made…
It’s no secret that NFL owners are in lockstep with President Donald sons of bitches” Trump. But one may have finally given concrete evidence that Trump influenced the league’s blackballing of Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick’s attorney said on Straight Aim with Amy Dash” that he has evidence. According to lawyer Mark…
UPDATE: Wednesday, May 23, at 1:32 PM EST: The NFL announced on Wednesday that players on the field during the National Anthem who do not stand will be subjected to a fine. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called standing for the anthem “a very important moment for a lot of us…
Former San Francisco 49ers player Eric Reid has been described by the media as the new Colin Kaepernick. In some ways the label applies — but there are also clear differences between the two. Reid was the first player to join his former teammate’s protest against police brutality and racism….
A leaked recording of a meeting between NFL players and owners apparently confirms the obvious: the owners want to please President Donald Trump — knowingly at Colin Kaepernick’s expense. At least one owner suggested the league designate a Black spokesperson, while owners continue to take a “hands-off” approach. The meeting,…
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick once again used his public image to bring attention to racism and police shootings of Black men. The athlete received the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday. According to the organization’s website, the prestigious honor “recognizes remarkable individuals and groups who have promoted…
A Republican hailing from Alabama with his own past of misunderstanding the law inaccurately claimed that football players kneeling during the national anthem can be held legally accountable. “It’s against the law, you know that” said Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama, during an interview with TIME….
Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” has made its way on yet another list of banned books because it makes people “uncomfortable.” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction the year after it was published, ranks as No. 21 of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books…
The NFL has been hit with significant scientific evidence confirming an NFL player’s chance of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE a degenerative disease caused by repeated blows to the head. According to astudypublished Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, 202 brains from deceased football…
To ex-Patriots offensive linemen Ryan O’Callaghan, football was more than just a sport, a way to burn energy as a kid or even a way to provide a full-ride to college — it was a matter of life or death. What his old teammates didn’t know then is that O’Callaghan…
