When quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 began to put himself on his knees under the nationalmelodien for the NFL matches as a protest against racism and police violence against the black, caused a great uproar.
President Donald Trump criticized Kaepernick, and those who followed after, in clear terms, and management in the NFL sought to curb the protests, which divided the waters and threatened their audience shares.
But now he has changed his tune had a different sound.
on Thursday evening, american time did the NFL management out a press release concerning financial support for the fight against racism.
– We will increase our support to social injustice through a ten-year agreement for a total of 250 million u.s. dollars (approximately 1.6 billion euros) for donations to fight against systematic racism and to support the ongoing fight against injustice against black americans, sounds it.
According to the media The Undefeated has the NFL previously donated $ 44 million (289 million) to the fight against racism back in 2016 through an organization founded by players in the wake of Kaepernicks protests in 2016.
in Addition, promised the league’s leadership also in november 2017, that you would support the black community with 100 billion dollars (657 million euros).
NFL chief Roger Goodell after George Floyd’s much-talked-of death 25. may, as a result of a white politimands brutal arrest has been very clear in its support for the anti-racist protests.
– We, the NFL, condemns the racism and the systematic oppression of black people, said Goodell last week.
– We, the NFL, admits that we were wrong by not listening to NFL players past and encourage all to speak loud about it and peaceful protest, he added, with reference to the ballad of Kaepernick in 2016 and 2017.
Colin Kaepernick left the San Francisco 49ers after the 2016 season, where he had created quite a stir by sitting on his knees before all the fighting.
He laid the year after the lawsuit against the NFL. He believed that no team would want to sign a contract with him, because the league had made him undesirable due to the protests.
It ended with a settlement, but Kaepernick still has not got a contract anywhere. To return hills the NFL now economically and verbally, up on the struggle he commenced in 2016.