The protests in response to the killing of George Floyd at the hands of four Minnesota police officers last Thursday are ongoing and now entering their second week. Movements have started up in parts of all 50 states and in many other countries all around the world, a sign of solidarity—as well as the fact that the same issues that boiled over up north can be felt throughout the human experience.
It has reached the point that the ‘stick to football’ crowd has dreaded, in which the sports world has been unable to remain silent. Seemingly every major sports league and each constituent team has issued some type of statement.