Between the Lines Ep. 2: The Players

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick set a model for NFL players to follow when discussing matters of race and activism, but something else broke down the wall that led to the modern climate: The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

Episode 2 of Between the Lines reveals how NFL players became activist during the summer of 2020, and their perspective in the ways the league supports and hurts their message.

Voices in the episode include former NFL players Doug Baldwin, Devin McCourty, Michael Johnson, and Don Davis.

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0:47.7	Overnight, nationwide unrest, large crowds of demonstrators in multiple cities following the death of George Floyd. In response to a
0:56.2	slew of murders of black bodies, demonstrations took place internationally in the backdrop of a global
1:02.5	pandemic. Demonstrations over the death of George Floyd spread across six continents over the weekend.
1:08.7	Chance of Black Lives Matter echoed from thousands of protesters
1:12.2	in cities around the world. The reach of the collective movement was something that hadn't been
1:17.3	seen in years. England take a knee in the campaign to eradicate racism from football. And pressure
1:24.5	was placed on billion-dollar organizations to follow suit.
1:28.3	79 of the S&P 100 pledged money to organizations promoting diversity.
1:33.7	It was something much bigger than the NFL, and it forced the league to act.
1:38.9	Anytime you see a man get murdered based on a knee on the back of his neck. No matter what your color is, I think you could say that's wrong.
1:47.1	Don Davis is a former NFL linebacker and currently works as an NFL Players Association representative.
1:54.4	The national narrative has changed, and that has allowed more athletes in general to use that platform with how social
2:05.5	media is.
2:06.7	People saw that you could connect as a community and therefore as well, it kind of allowed
2:13.0	players to stand up and decide to take hasten.
2:16.8	I'm Tashon Reed.
2:18.8	This is Between the Lines, Episode 2, The Players.
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