Hell Has Frozen Over. Now Give Colin Kaepernick a Job

Roger Go0dell, NFL President and poster child for white privilege, has now apologized for shutting down "Black Lives Matters" type protests in the league.

The whitest guy in sports has decided that it was no longer in his best interest to suck up to Donald Trump.

Still, no mention of Kaepernick though:

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league made mistakes in not listening to players in a video on Friday denouncing racism in the United States amid widespread protests over police brutality against black people.

“We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest,” said Goodell. “We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter.”

Goodell, who offered his condolences to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and all families who have endured police brutality, said he would be in touch with individual players who had voiced concerns about the league.

No mention was made of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose decision to kneel during the national anthem during a preseason game in August 2016 kick-started the protest movement.

I'm not going to hold my breath about this actually resulting in meaningful changes, particularly since Goodell's real bosses, the team owners, have about as much interest promoting justice and tackling inequality, as I would in reading the complete works of Ayn Rand.