In what is certain to be a highly controversial move, and one that brings me great personal distress, Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen spoke publicly about his anger at players for protesting and striking yesterday in conjunction with a broader protest across many American sports teams.
Friend of the site and occasional contributor Jake Simons has quotes from his interview on X96’s Radio From Hell, a station which Hansen owns.
DLH on the game not happening last night: "The disrespect was profound to me, personally" #RSL
— Jake (@bjakesimons) August 27, 2020
On the team: "They clearly supported national issues, but it's very apparent that they didn't support our local community.