Donald Trump had some incredibly volatile things to say — imagine that — about NFL players who choose to protest racial inequality and violence in the United States. Trump referred to any player who participated in such a protest a “son of a bitch” and said those players should be fired.
On Friday evening, we saw Teresa Kaepernick’s response to those comments, and on Saturday morning, we were treated to a pretty nothing response from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who has always been very careful to show a real lack of support for such demonstrations.
The NFL and our players are at our best when we help create a sense of unity in our country and our culture.