NFL Players Assn responds with remarkable restraint, while making clear just how big the issues are:

[kpete]

NFL players are union members and part of the labor movement that has woven the fabric of America for generations. Our men and their families are also conscientious Americans who continue to be forces for good through our communities and some have decided to use their platform to peacefully raise awareness to issues that deserve attention.

It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.

We should not stifle these discussions and cannot allow our rights to become subservient to the very opinions our Constitution protects. That is what makes us the land of the free and home of the brave.

https://www.nflpa.com/news/statement-players-constitutional-rights

[sharedvalues]

1. Spectacularly good headline - well written - Lakoff would be proud (nm)

[spanone]

2. appears that the NFL has a better grip on what America stands for than this entire administration

[sharedvalues]

3. No surprise - Billionaires are totally out of touch with America

See Gary Cohn and his "$1000 to buy a car" quote.
GOP donors - who drive the party - have no idea how real americans live.

And the NFLPA is a crazy diverse group - one of the most widely diverse organizations in America today. Ray Lewis to Peyton Manning to Jamie Collins to Tom Brady - WILDLY different upbringings. Diversity IS what America stands for.