NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has admitted that the football league was wrong not to actively support its players' peaceful protests against racial injustice. Goodell's statement, through a video on the official account of the competition, shows the position of the NFL, which experienced a controversy nationwide four years ago with the kneeling protest led by the then 'quarterback' owner of San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick.

George Floyd's murder last week sparked a national protest movement and renewed scrutiny from the NFL and the league's relationship with its predominantly black players. "We, the NFL, admit that we were wrong not to have listened to the players before, and we encourage everyone to protest peacefully," Goodell said. "We the National Soccer League believe that black lives matter. Without black players there would be no NFL," he said without mentioning Kaepernick.

The action taken by the 32-year-old, who led the San Francisco 49ers to the 2013 Super Bowl, came at a personal cost. Kaepernick did not renew his contract with the club when he expired in early 2017. Since then, he has not played a single NFL game despite being widely regarded as one of the highest quality players in the entire league.

United States President Donald Trump , who has long voiced his opposition to Kaepernick's actions and kneeling protests in sports, criticized New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for publicly apologizing for the comments he made about protests against racism.

Trump's criticism of Brees

Brees sparked strong criticism from his teammates and several American players, including LeBron James, when he explained that "he would never agree that no one disrespects the flag of the United States of America," he told Yahoo. . In the apology on Instagram, he said his comments were "callous and completely lost their mark on the problems we now face as a country."

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Trump wrote on Twitter that Brees "should not have resumed his original stance of honoring our magnificent American flag." "We should stand upright, ideally with a greeting or a hand on the heart. There are other things that you can protest with but not with our great flag. Without kneeling!" Sentenced the American president.

Brees replied again through social media and reminded Trump that "this is not a problem about the American flag." "We must stop talking about the flag and focus our attention on the real problems of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial and prison reform," he wrote.

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