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Football players in the once-reluctant league protested against racism and police brutality by kneeling, raising fists or staying off the field for the national anthems.
Statements including “We must end racism” and “We believe Black lives matter” were displayed on the scoreboards at the time.
Dan Snyder is accused of, among other things, inviting a former cheerleader to a hotel room with one of his friends.
Previously, Jones made all his players stand for the anthem, but says "That was then ... This is now.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The NFL and college leagues are working to figure out if a football season can take place this fall.
He is the second NFL head coach known to have contracted the coronavirus.
The former Chicago Bears coach's opposition to the kneeling protests is still ill-informed four years later.
Under the proposed plan, the decals will bear the names or initials of victims of systemic racism and police violence.
“It was the most miserable experience of my life,” a marketing coordinator for the D.C. football team told The Washington Post.
Change The Mascot's Ray Halbritter on the campaign and the circumstances that forced Washington's NFL team to drop its racist "Redskins" name.