Russell Wilson spoke. Shannon Sharpe responded. Wilson answered back. And now, Sharpe is getting another word in. On Sunday night’s episode of the Nightcap podcast with Sharpe and co-host Chad Johnson, Sharpe replied to Wilson’s comment sub-tweeting Sharpe’s critique of his comments regarding opening doors for Black quarterbacks in football.
“Russell Wilson, evidently he heard what you and I said, obviously,” Sharpe told Johnson. “Our voices carry, resonates a lot because we have a large platform.”
For those not following, let’s recap. In an interview with Essence magazine, Wilson commented on his success opening up doors for black quarterbacks of today, names like Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts and Dak Prescott.