http://www.circa.com/story/2017/12/05/nation/eric-reid-nfl-to-move-money-from-cancer-military-programs-to-appease-players
San Francisco 49ers' football player Eric Reid told Slate in an interview last Thursday that negotiations with the National Football League over its potential contributions to social justice causes haven't gone exactly as he would like. Reid revealed that the NFL will give team owners the option to transfer money allocated to other charitable organizations into a just-announced $89 million program that will fund initiatives that deal with criminal justice reform, law enforcement/community relations, and education.
The deal, Reid says, is one of the reasons that he's chosen to walk away from the Players Coalition, the group responsible for coming to this tentative agreement with the league. The NFL hopes the deal will appease players who have been protesting during the playing of the national anthem just before games. Philadelphia Eagles' safety Malcolm Jones, one of the leaders of the Players Coalition, announced last week that he would stop raising his fist during "The Star Spangled Banner." ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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