The NFL decided to close all team facilities on Monday and Tuesday in an attempt to contain what they believe will be a significant spike in coronavirus cases after players and staff spent time with family members from out of town over the Thanksgiving holiday.
When the Rooney Rule was adopted by the NFL in 2003, Troy Vincent was in his 12th of 15 seasons as an outstanding defensive back. He was soon to become the president of the NFL Players Association, an impactful position he held for four years.
Minority executives inside the NFL are expressing concerns about a diversity hire resolution the league passed on Tuesday aimed at encouraging teams to hire minorities for head coach and general manager positions, ESPN reported.
The NFL is preparing to offer draft picks as an incentive for teams to hire minority coaches and general managers, according to a report.
The NFL’s TV ratings jumped three percent for its Week 9 slate. But they are still down seven percent over 2019.
Walking up to a referee and yelling at him is no longer merely ill-advised, it’s now a 15-yard penalty.
Despite worries by doomsayers who say football puts players at risk, the NFL had only one player test positive for the coronavirus in their latest testing period.
The NFL has advised their players and staff to keep away from large crowds, so they don’t contract the coronavirus. However, one crowded area the league will not try to keep them away from is the voting booth.
In case you were wondering what the NFL was doing to advance the cause of social justice and equality, the league and the league’s players association are going on television to tell you all about it.
Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones is reportedly looking for compromise, when it comes to how his team conducts themselves during the playing of the national anthem in 2020.
In a recent interview, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell exclaimed that he believes that anthem protests are “not about the flag.”
If you weren’t a fan of sideline reporting at NFL games, well, this could be your year.
According to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the league is reporting very low rates of positive coronavirus tests.
The NFL is partnering with three non-profit, non-partisan organizations to get out the vote as the league leverages its “Inspire Change” initiative.
The NFL Players Association reports that thus far, 21 players have tested positive for the coronavirus after reporting for traing camps.
It had already been reported that the NFL would allow players to put social justice messaging on their helmets this season. Now we learn that the social justice messaging won’t merely appear on the players helmets, it’s going to be on the field as well.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Monday that if you are “offended” by the Black Lives Matter movement, you are “just ignorant.”
Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter on Independence Day to deliver a strong rebuke to the celebration of the nation’s founding.
NBA star LeBron James says that the National Football League owes Colin Kaepernick a full, official apology.
The commissioner of the NFL has “encouraged” to teams to sign Colin Kaepernick, teams have said they would be interested in signing Colin Kaepernick, and yet, no one has reportedly tried to sign Colin Kaepernick.
The NFL told team presidents that they would be allowed to sell advertising rights to the tarps being placed on field-level seating as they are closed off over coronavirus fears.
On Wednesday, Jemele Hill warned TV networks that refusing to air NFL players protesting during the national anthem would be “journalistically irresponsible.”
Former New York Jets safety Burgess Owens recently slammed the NFL for looking to implement “affirmative action for a Marxist,” by encouraging teams to sign Colin Kaepernick.
The Indianapolis Colts have brought the fight for social justice to their front office. The team has announced a new “director of diversity” position “to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion are at the forefront of the team’s business and community efforts.”
During an appearance on Fox News Wednesday night, President Trump blasted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for the statement of support he delivered for Black Lives Matter last week.
The 49ers will have several important dates to prepare for in November if they’re going to make a playoff run. However, the November day that will decide whether Donald Trump remains president of the United States, will apparently be a day the 9ers will have off.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is no longer silent or ambivalent on the subject of Colin Kaepernick signing with an NFL team.
Friday on ABC’s “The View,” director Spike Lee criticized National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell’s apology for not listening to players who were kneeling at games during the National Anthem to protest police brutality.
The NFL has notified its staff employees that the league will be observing Juneteenth as a holiday, and therefore do not need to come to work on that day.
The National Football League has pledged to spend $250 million on social justice causes, according to a report.
Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host and network legal analyst Sunny Hostin said quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was not re-signed by any NFL team after becoming famous for kneeling at games during the National Anthem, should get his job back with back pay and a Noble Peace Prize.
Piers Morgan has challenged President Donald Trump to show his solidarity with protesters by publicly taking a knee.
According to reports, the NFL will turn a blind eye to player protests during the airing of the national anthem.
President Trump attempted to decipher NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s social justice message in response to the players this weekend. Specifically, Trump wondered whether the commissioner’s messaging gave the players the green light to resume their anthem protests.
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said it would be a “great symbolic gesture” for an NFL team to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick who knelt at games during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday, on behalf of all 32 teams, that Black Lives Matter and insisted that “we the National Football League admit we were wrong for not listening to players.”
The NFL has expanded its Rooney Rule to require teams to interview two minority candidates for coaching positions.
The National Football League is mulling the implementation of a new policy to encourage teams to hire a black head coach or general manager, by offering to boost the draft position of a team that makes such a hire.
The NFL is determined to play its 2020 regular-season schedule, and as proof of that, the league released its schedule Thursday night.
May 6 (UPI) — The NFL outlined protocols Wednesday for the gradual reopening of team facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.
