Understanding the Split in the NFL Players Movement

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This week, we try and understand the splits in the players coalition that has been negotiating with the NFL over the anti-racist protests taking place during the national anthem. We speak with Tamishia Moats, wife of former NFL player Ryan Moats, whose experiences with police violence became national news in 2009.And what a week it was, we have THREE Just Stand Up award winners including an NFL player and a Winter Olympics living legend. As always, we dole out our Just Sit Down nominee who needs to take all the seats and we end on a high note, your Kaepernick Watch.Tamishia Moats, Director of Development at Texas LegendsZirin, Two Different Paths, Two Different Goals: Understanding the Rift in the NFL's 'Player's Coalition'https://www.thenation.com/article/two-different-paths-two-different-goals-understanding-the-rift-in-the-nfls-players-coalition/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Shakey Dog - Ghostface Killah | This Way - Dilated Peoples Feat. Kanye West | Nappy Heads (Remix) - Fugees | Smoke Buddah - Redman | Fear - Kendrick Lamar | Kick Push - Lupe Fiasco | American Girl - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | The Food - Common ft. Kanye West | Politics as Usual - Jay-Z | Shirat HaSticker - HaDag Nachash | Dirty Harry - Gorillaz | Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes | We Won't Stop - Biggie Smalls | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Come on, we're talking about lynch white guys.
0:02.0	Yeah.
0:03.0	Their priority is not necessarily the oppression of minorities because they are not minorities.
0:09.0	So we need the minorities who can get the ear of the nation to come to the table and tell
0:15.0	these rich white guys, hey, this is what our problems are.
0:20.0	We need you to pay attention to them and this is how we want this to work out.
0:24.5	It was never organized well.
0:26.4	And I saw money was going to the United Negro College Fund and something like that.
0:30.4	Great.
0:30.8	You know the Negro College?
0:31.8	Oh, wonderful.
0:32.7	I support that, but that is not what this initiative was about.
0:43.9	On tomorrow I'm going to. But that is my list of this initiative what's about. Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:46.1	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:47.2	This week, we speak to Tamisha Motez.
0:50.1	She works for the G-League and the NBA and is the wife of former NFL player Ryan Mokes
0:55.5	and has much to say about the state of the movement of NFL players for racial and social equality
1:00.9	and against police violence.
1:03.8	But first, I'm going to give my take on the current situation, and then we're going to go straight to Ms. Mokes.
1:10.2	So a couple Sunday nights back, the Philadelphia Eagles played the Seattle Seahawks,
1:15.8	but a subterranean battle had already started before kickoff.
1:20.6	For the first time this season, Malcolm Jenkins of the Eagles did not raise his fist
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