“I think we have moved past kneeling,” he said. But Jay-Z answered a hypothetical question about whether he would kneel during the anthem if he were an athlete. A measure to force players to stand through the anthem has never been enforced, in part because of a grievance filed by the players union. Goodell did not answer questions about whether players would be penalized if they protested during the anthem this season. “That’s where they want the attention,” he said. Goodell said that player protests spurred by Kaepernick had raised awareness of social injustice and that the focus should be on work the players are doing to solve problems. Jay-Z said he had spoken to Kaepernick but declined to provide details about their conversation. One reporter compared the league’s partnership with Jay-Z, one of the most influential African-Americans in the world, to “putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound when it seems like Colin is getting blackballed by the N.F.L.” “Or,” he said, “we can get stuck on Colin not having a job.”Īt the news conference, the questions didn’t let up. Jay-Z added that he and others could follow up Kaepernick’s protest by helping millions of people. This is the next thing, because there are two parts to the protest - you go out and protest, and the company and individual says, ‘I hear you. “We forget that Colin’s whole thing was to bring attention to social injustice,” Jay-Z said. despite repeatedly expressing his commitment to football.
The first question to Jay-Z was why he had partnered with the league even though Kaepernick, 31, has been unable to land a job in the N.F.L.
During the news conference at Jay-Z’s office in Manhattan, Kaepernick’s name was invoked over and over in one way or another. If the commissioner thought that teaming up with Jay-Z would end a perception that Kaepernick had been blackballed by the league, he was mistaken. He will also help promote the league’s social justice initiatives. Jay-Z and Goodell came together to announce a deal that will make Jay-Z a co-producer of the Super Bowl halftime show.
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