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17. 'The NFL is a billion dollar plantation'

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

Sep 2025

"The NFL is racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation. Its 32 owners — none of whom are Black — profit substantially from the labor of NFL players, 70% of whom are Black. The owners watch the games from atop NFL stadiums in their luxury boxes, while their majority-Black workforce put their bodies on the line every Sunday, taking vicious hits and suffering debilitating injuries to their bodies and their brains while the NFL and its owners reap billions of dollars." - (former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores, from a class action lawsuit against the National Football League)

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2022/02/09/nfl-superbowl-race-norming-brian-flores-steve-almond

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don't mix politics and football, they said [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 OP

Yep, it depends on your political persuasion. Let Kapernick play in NFL again. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2025 #1

It does not get Just Jerome Sep 2025 #2

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #3

They have devolved into fairy tale ogres. Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #20

That is a very good descriptor! OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #21

Anytime, OldBaldy1701E Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #23

What stadium? oasis Sep 2025 #4

AT&T Stadium (i.e., Dallas Cowboys) Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #5

It is a pleasure to see Charlie on the big screen. Someday it will be Trump. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #6

Thank for the lift Marthe48 Sep 2025 #12

I would go further lonely bird Sep 2025 #7

I So Agree ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #22

So ironic after what Charlie said about that team & fans IbogaProject Sep 2025 #8

"The clip went viral, surpassing 1 million views, with many commenters labeling the remarks racist and questioning Kirk' BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 #9

Imagine how the black NFL players were affected by those Kirk tributes. Paladin Sep 2025 #10

This was probably a Jerry Jones decision to honor kirk, not the NFL's KS Toronado Sep 2025 #11

I read it was the league's idea. Some teams opted out, most didn't. Boomerproud Sep 2025 #13

Oh, OK KS Toronado Sep 2025 #16

I think it was CNN or NBC sites. Boomerproud Sep 2025 #19

I'm very glad that I've never had the slightest interest in football. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #14

Kneeling is now a sign of disrespect, that's how stupid Emile Sep 2025 #15

So it's a sign of disrespect when Rs do this for tsf? KS Toronado Sep 2025 #18

'The NFL is a billion dollar plantation' sop Sep 2025 #17