Hall of Fame
football coach Tony Dungy detailed the public reaction to Buffalo Bills safety
Damar Hamlin
‘s shocking on-field injury earlier this month in a comparison to the expressed goals of the anti-abortion movement— to protect life — in a speech at Friday’s
March for Life
in Washington, D.C.
The former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and current football analyst for NBC said that the public’s hope that Hamlin would recover from his injury is representative of the goal of anti-abortion advocates to protect “innocent lives.”
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“He’s home, he’s been released from the hospital. But what’s the lesson in that? You know, an unbelievable thing happened that night, a professional football game with millions of dollars of ticket money and advertising money on the line, that game was canceled. Why? Because a life was at stake,” said Dungy. “People wanted to see that life saved. Even people who aren’t necessarily religious got together and called on God. Well, that should be encouraging to us because that’s exactly why we’re here today.”
“Every day in this country, innocent lives are at stake. The only difference is they don’t belong to a famous athlete. And they’re not seen on national TV, but those lives are still important,” Dungy added.
Dungy announced Thursday that he would be attending the march in person, which is celebrating its 50-year anniversary this year, and the first to be held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, last June.
“This march is taking place right at the biggest time of my profession, the NFL playoffs. This is way, way, way more important,” Dungy said.
His wife, Lauren Dungy, was also present and spoke about their experience fostering children over the past several decades. The couple has 11 children.
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Tony Dungy was
criticized
on social media earlier this week for his response to a tweet about a Minnesota lawmaker arguing menstrual products should be put in all school bathrooms, in which he claimed that litter boxes were being put in school bathrooms for students “who identify as cats.” He later deleted the tweet.
Dungy coached the Indianapolis Colts from 2002 to 2008. Before that, he coached for six seasons at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
