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How the Vikings have become a test-case for how NFL franchises could address anthem protests, police and more

Yahoo Sports NFL

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4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The murder of George Floyd has cast an unfortunate spotlight on the city of Minneapolis and in the coming months, we'll see how the city's institutions, including its sports teams, react. The University of Minnesota, for example, cut ties with the Minneapolis Police Department, but could we see the Vikings follow suit?Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson open the podcast with some questions the NFL world must address in relation to the ongoing social unrest as a result of Floyd's death.Is it a legitimate or an empty gesture that the NFL announced a plan to donate $250 million over 10 years to causes related to social injustice? What would it take for the Vikings, or any NFL franchise, end their relationship to their local PD? How should teams address players who wish to kneel for the anthem when games resume this fall?Later in the show, Terez & Charles break down comments Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians made about potentially keeping one backup QB out of the facility this season as a "quarantine quarterback." (21:20)They also discuss the league's consideration of decreasing the amount of pre-season games from four to two for each franchise. (25:50)Charles describes the collective exasperation most franchises have with Jadeveon Clowney at this point, as the former first overall pick remains unsigned. (36:00)Our experts wrap up the show with some listener questions about how organizations are handling the Black Lives Matter movement and which players with the franchise tag we could expect to see signed or traded. (43:45)Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFL.Follow Charles @CharlesRobinsonFollow Terez @TerezPaylorTag your questions for the guys on Twitter with #YahooNFLPodcastCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0

Yes, sir, yes sir. Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast.

0:10.0

Yes, sir. Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast.

0:13.0

I'm Yahoo Senior NFL writer Terres Paler.

0:16.0

Here are my main man and fellow senior NFL writer Charles Robinson.

0:19.0

And Charles, how much goodwill can 250 million buy?

0:22.9

Yeah, $250 million pledged by the league

0:27.8

toward social justice, the reform movement,

0:31.6

you know, the players coalition that the league has done work with before,

0:35.6

over a 10-year period. I mean, look, $250 million is not a small number. Now, million dollars in a single season to me would be

0:47.2

astronomical on behalf of the league. 250 million dollars over 10 years. I think people have you know we're talking 25

0:56.1

million dollars yeah absolutely I'm not I am not it's it absolutely can do a lot

1:01.3

you know we're, but we always are 100 with our listeners, right? We're 100 with each other.

1:08.4

And so in my mind, I'm like, okay, that's a hell of a lot of money. It's 25 million dollars a year divided by 32 teams,

1:15.9

so less than a million dollars a team each year,

1:19.0

which is gonna pay for itself and a tax write off.

1:22.9

Okay?

1:23.4

Straight out, now it is.

1:24.4

Now it doesn't mean that that's not worthy

1:26.1

and it doesn't mean that that money is not going to go to good.

1:28.7

It absolutely is, but it's, there is a business element of this.

1:32.4

Always is in this league.

1:34.0

Absolutely.

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