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17. 'The NFL is a billion dollar plantation'

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

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"The NFL is racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation. Its 32 owners — none of whom are Black — profit substantially from the labor of NFL players, 70% of whom are Black. The owners watch the games from atop NFL stadiums in their luxury boxes, while their majority-Black workforce put their bodies on the line every Sunday, taking vicious hits and suffering debilitating injuries to their bodies and their brains while the NFL and its owners reap billions of dollars." - (former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores, from a class action lawsuit against the National Football League)

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2022/02/09/nfl-superbowl-race-norming-brian-flores-steve-almond

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don't mix politics and football, they said [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday OP

Yep, it depends on your political persuasion. Let Kapernick play in NFL again. n/t iluvtennis Tuesday #1

It does not get Just Jerome Tuesday #2

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #3

They have devolved into fairy tale ogres. Clouds Passing Tuesday #20

That is a very good descriptor! OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #21

Anytime, OldBaldy1701E Clouds Passing Tuesday #23

What stadium? oasis Tuesday #4

AT&T Stadium (i.e., Dallas Cowboys) Prairie Gates Tuesday #5

It is a pleasure to see Charlie on the big screen. Someday it will be Trump. twodogsbarking Tuesday #6

Thank for the lift Marthe48 Tuesday #12

I would go further lonely bird Tuesday #7

I So Agree ProfessorGAC Tuesday #22

So ironic after what Charlie said about that team & fans IbogaProject Tuesday #8

"The clip went viral, surpassing 1 million views, with many commenters labeling the remarks racist and questioning Kirk' BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #9

Imagine how the black NFL players were affected by those Kirk tributes. Paladin Tuesday #10

This was probably a Jerry Jones decision to honor kirk, not the NFL's KS Toronado Tuesday #11

I read it was the league's idea. Some teams opted out, most didn't. Boomerproud Tuesday #13

Oh, OK KS Toronado Tuesday #16

I think it was CNN or NBC sites. Boomerproud Tuesday #19

I'm very glad that I've never had the slightest interest in football. Crunchy Frog Tuesday #14

Kneeling is now a sign of disrespect, that's how stupid Emile Tuesday #15

So it's a sign of disrespect when Rs do this for tsf? KS Toronado Tuesday #18

'The NFL is a billion dollar plantation' sop Tuesday #17