Tear Down The Statues, Change The Names

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show, I speak about the remarkable development of athletes taking part in street protests around the country against police violence and racial inequity. I also break down why now is the moment to demand unequivocally that the name of the Washington football team must change.

Zirin, It’s Time for Roger Goodell to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/redskins-racist-roger-goodell/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. This week we have me talking to you about two of the biggest issues happening right now in the world of sports.
0:22.7	And they're represented in what is going to be an elongated Just Stand Up Award and Just Sit Down Award.
0:29.6	The Just Stand Up Award is going to go to players in the streets.
0:34.0	And the Just Sit Down Award is going to go to the NFL
0:37.5	and how they are crapping the sheets
0:39.8	when it comes to changing the name of the Washington football team.
0:43.3	So we got the streets and the sheets for you today.
0:46.3	And so I'm just going to get started
0:47.7	and let you guys know what's going down.
0:51.1	Okay. And if you miss this story,
0:53.7	I'm so glad to be the one to tell it to you.
1:01.0	Last week, two young black men were leading a demonstration down the streets of Washington,
1:06.0	D.C. on Juneteenth, their megaphones in hand, chanting that black lives needed to matter, and without justice,
1:12.8	there would be no peace. This has become a familiar sight in the nation's capital over the last
1:17.7	month since the police murder of George Floyd. Less familiar were the two people leading the
1:23.4	charge. Their names are John Wall and Bradley Beale, the All-Star Back Court for the NBA's
1:28.9	Washington Wizards. At the rally, Beale spoke about an interaction with local police that he had in
1:34.4	2018. He said, two years ago, I got pulled over on 495, that's the D.C. Beltway,
1:41.7	and the officer asked me to step out of the vehicle. We are literally on the side of the highway.
1:47.0	My wife, me, and one of my friends.
1:49.0	The officer comes up to me and says,
1:52.0	What if I fuck up your Monday and put you in a headline and arrest you right now?
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