>> NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell just said quote, we were wrong for not listening to
NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest.
Now remember Colin Kaepernick was the NFL player who literally lost his professional
career.
Because he peacefully would kneel, during the national anthem to raise awareness about
what was happening to Black Americans at the hands of police officers.
And it's interesting to hear this from Roger Goodell now, because Colin Kaepernick is still
without an NFL job.
>> So, I wanna talk to you about how viciously racist NFL owners have been throughout this
entire process.
Because it's not, you know, people will sometimes excuse if I say, well look, you know, it's
not the NFL owners it said the NFL fans are so racist.
And so that's why the owners are just trying to make a buck.
I'm not sure that makes it better, but that's not true.
So are there some NFL fans who are racist?
Of course, are they plenty that objected cabinet?
Yes.
But there's millions upon millions who agree with Kaepernick.
I don't know what the percentages are, but I'd be actually surprised if most didn't agree
with Kaepernick.
Now, if you're looking at it from a capitalist point of view and all you care about is making
money.
Well, every person who follows sports knows this, and it's now a verifiable fact.
When Nike did the ad campaign around Kaepernick, after all the protesting and the kneeling
etc, and him getting kicked out of the league in effect.
Their stock market price first went down, because all the elites thought no, no, we
hate Kaepernick.
We love when black people are abused by the police.
No, America's not gonna like this.
It turns out America loved what Nike did.
And they bought lots and lots of sneakers.
And then Nike stock market cap, their their value of the company went up by $6 billion.
I was talking to John Salley on our new twitch show, just yesterday, twitch.tv/tyt, check
that out.
And John Salley knows a thing or two about sports, four time NBA champion with three
different teams.
And he agreed, he's like, look man, if anybody, we're talking about how the Raiders should
cite them, but if any team cite Kaepernick.
They're gonna break every record there is on jersey sales.
And anyone who knows sports, knows that.
Because even if the racist don't buy it, who cares everyone who supports Kaepernick, which
is as Nike found out a gajillion people, they're all gonna buy the jerseys.
So, the reason I tell you that, is because the NFL owners are deep capitalists.
They know that.
But to them their racism was more important than even money.
Isn't that amazing?
And so Archie Goodall, the NFL commissioner coming out and saying in essence we were wrong.
You know what that means, now you'll learn you won't hear this anywhere else.
That means we are beginning to win the cultural wars, the cultural wars.
>> I wanna quickly go to his video, because Brett grabbed it, and I wanna hear the entirety
of his statement.
So let's take a quick look.
>> It has been a difficult time for our country, in particular black people in our country.
First, my condolences to families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and
all the families who have endured police brutality.
We, the National Football League, condemn racism, and the systematic oppression of 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.
We, the National Football League, believe Black Lives Matter.
I personally protest with you.
And want to be part of the much needed change in this country.
Without black players, there would be no National Football League.
And the protests around the country are emblematic of the centuries of silence, inequality and
oppression of black players, coaches, fans and staff.
We are listening.
I am listening.
And I will be reaching out to players, who have raised their voices, and others on how
we can improve and go forward, for a better and more united NFL family.
>> I gotta be honest, I don't believe a word of what he just said.
But I'm saying >> Neither do I.
>> Yeah, but I'm super happy about it.
That's the same guy.
>> Cuz Roger Goodell is not a thing.
Like, he doesn't get to make the decision.
No, he has to go and talk to all the owners.
He's their boy.
And so the owners tell him what to do.
And for now, for however many years, they've been telling him crush Kaepernick, we're none
of it.
We're all bounding together, to make sure that he's not in the league, even though he's
clearly one of the Top 96 quarterbacks in the country, that's absurd to think he's not.
If you think he's not, you're not a football fan, and you don't know a thing, and they
all know, of course.
And by the way now that it's broken, maybe there'll be a competition for Kaepernick.
We'll see, we'll see, okay?
But, that's the same guy, the same guy from just two weeks ago, who would have said no
way, we're not an in effect did say.
We're never gonna have Kaepernick, because he's protesting on behalf of black people.
And we don't want that in NFL.
So now, he turns out I didn't mean it, because I didn't realize there's so many black players.
I didn't know we had lost the country, and that's why it's so important.
It's more important, that he doesn't believe in his senate anyway, because that means we
broke them.
Guys, I'm telling you how important that is, that is a giant cultural shift.
That is really, really greedy people, the greediest people in the country.
Saying you know what?
It turns out we're gonna make more money, because there's more of them, then there is
a racist.
My God that is it.
And to them that's a big shock.
They're used to appealing to racist who love to crush, African Americans in this country,
and they think that's the average football fan.
Apparently they just realized, no, the average football player and the average football fan
does not want you to be terrible and abuse African Americans.
So, now they're turning around.
That turnaround is a sea change, that's a giant win in the culture wars.
And unlike other Democrats, Progressives, whatever you wanna label, you wanna give them,
I'm super happy to participate in the culture wars.
The right wing does the culture wars, and most of the time, the left wing goes, that's
so bad, don't do that, and goes and crawls in a cave, not me.
Our culture is better than your culture.
Your culture is one of protecting heritage, no matter what, even if that heritage is hateful
and racist etc.
My culture is one of change and progress, and treat everyone equally.
I am more American than you, and my culture is better than yours.
And my culture just won.
That is the NFL saying we were wrong.
We shouldn't have done that to Kaepernick, and we shouldn't have disrespected all African
Americans in this country.
And I'm thrilled about
that victory.