nfl plantation owners don’t want trump f*ucking up their money

Team owners and coaches who’ve helped to blacklist quarterback Colin Kaepernick for his silent national anthem protests against police brutality and white supremacy made reluctant (and vague) shows of support for their player’s right to express themselves after President Trump’s particularly racist NFL meltdown this weekend.

#KapOrDie folks (die? really?) will be quick to tell you that the good-to-really good quarterback has been shut out of the league for his silent resistance and not because of his skill level. A collective effort made within the NFL by coaches and team owners to make examples of the “bad nigga” who stepped out of line by questioning police violence.

The notoriously dishonest and corrupt NFL has been less than forthcoming about the real reasons behind Kaepernick’s ultra-suspicious free agent status, they just happen to correspond with his resistance. In recent months, though, it has been reported that the
Baltimore Ravens were interested in extending an offer to Kap, but didn’t. Some reports suggested that it was the tweet of Kap’s girlfriend, Nessa Diab, in which she compared Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti to a slave owner that’s kept him on a permanent team.

Other reports and Bisciotti’s public comments about Kaepernick have suggested that Bisciotti wasn’t interested in the deal to begin with. In July the team owner admitted that acquiring Kaepernick would “Upset some people.” Oh, no.

“Non-violent protesting is something that we have all embraced. I don’t like the way he did it.”

In comes the Trump Destruction Express which barreled into the NFL this weekend suggesting to millions of Americans that they should stop supporting the league for “allowing” athletes like Colin Kaepernick to express their views in silent protest. And if it’s one thing the NFL Plantation cares about, it’s their bottom line. A bottom line that is put into question when the President of the United States calls for a national boycott and further drives un-ignorable divisions between black players and the white men who make money off of them.

Much like the CEOs who abandoned Trump’s American
Manufacturing Council after his shameful remarks on Charlottesville, NFL shot-callers quickly began distancing themselves from 45 as soon as his irresponsible comments threatened their revenue stream. CEOs and business leaders will put up with anything, basically, until it starts to fuck up their money.

Now backed into a situation that could irrevocably damage their relationship with their mostly black moneymakers, many teams, coaches, and their owners were forced to side with the rest of us who recognize the threat of police brutality.

Rich white folks who have been negligent—at best—about anti-black police violence offered support for those player’s wishing to express themselves, including Bisciotti who said in a statement from the Ravens: “We recognize our players’ influence. We respect their demonstration and support them 100 percent. All voices need to be heard. That’s democracy in its highest form.”

Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula joined Los Angeles Chargers owner Dean Spanos, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, New York Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen, and others in condemning the President’s recent statements: “President Trump’s remarks were divisive and disrespectful to the entire NFL community, but we tried to use them as an opportunity to further unify our team and our organization. Our players have the freedom to express themselves in a respectful and thoughtful manner and we all agreed that our sole message is to provide and to promote an environment that is focused on love and equality.”

(Photo: Washington team owner Daniel Snyder standing cornerbacks Josh Norman and Bashaud Breeland during the national anthem before a game against the Oakland Raiders on Sept. 24, 2017)