In this Feb. 3, 2020 file photo NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference in Miami. Credit: AP/Brynn Anderson
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday evening that the league was wrong for not listening to its players sooner on the matter of how black people are treated in the United States.
And he spoke bluntly about the current state of the nation and its race relations, saying, “I protest with you.”
It was an extraordinary moment in what has been a four-year struggle for the NFL to deal adequately with concerns among many of its players and other employees over the treatment of black people in the United States.