Former Ravens player Brendon Ayanbadejo is reserving praise for the NFL's decision to shift its stance on athletes protesting. '[I] would've loved to have people listen sooner, before there was a lot more violence, before there was a lot more lives lost.'
Brendon Ayanbadejo, an activist and former NFL player, drew criticism for voicing his support for same-sex marriage. He calls the league's recent shift on players who protest"just a moral victory."Brendon Ayanbadejo, an activist and former NFL player, drew criticism for voicing his support for same-sex marriage. He calls the league's recent shift on players who protest"just a moral victory.
"From a corporate responsibility standpoint, from a team ownership standpoint ... what types of statements are they going to make?" says Ayanbadejo."You see some coaches speaking up and standing up but I'd like to see it from the top down."that,"We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter.
After Ayanbadejo voiced support for same-sex marriage in 2012, then-Maryland state delegate Emmett Burns sent Unlike Kaepernick, however, who has yet to be re-signed by an NFL team, Ayanbadejo says exercising his free speech did not ultimately harm his NFL career. Despite the varying degrees of backlash that's followed athletes who protest against police abuse or stand up for LGBTQ rights, Ayanbadejo doesn't divorce the two issues from an overarching fight for equality.
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