The NFL had quite the Sunday.
First, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown inexplicably quit his team in the third quarter. He took off his uniform, threw some of his equipment into the stands as souvenirs, and jogged shirtless off the field. Then, just after his team defeated the Indianapolis Colts, Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a DUI charge after he was found asleep at the wheel on a parking lot exit ramp. Last, Tennessee Titans defensive end Bud Dupree allegedly assaulted two employees at a local Walgreens on Sunday evening. Police charged Dupree with a misdemeanor assault and issued him a citation.
All of this from an organization that chastises the United States for not being better.
And although Brown did not commit any crime this time, he has a long history of criminal behavior, including rape allegations, sexual assault allegations, and prison time for stealing a truck. Additionally, Brown just recently finished a three-game suspension for falsifying a COVID-19 vaccination card.
These incidents come during the same season in which former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III drove while drunk, resulting in the death of a woman. It also comes after a video of former NFL running back Zac Stacy beating his child’s mother went viral.
And the NFL wants to “inspire change”? If that were really true, they would start within their own community. They don’t care about that, though — they just care about ostentatious, politically correct stunts.
It would be one thing if the league had just a few incidents here and there. But this is an annual occurrence in pro football. Even more troubling, the league seems to enable this behavior. The NFL gives repeated opportunities to those that don’t deserve them. Far too often, if a player gets in trouble, there are few or no consequences for their actions, especially for star players. Brown is the perfect example of this. There are even reports that Brown can still find an opportunity to play, even after his latest stunt.
An old axiom advises, “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.” Apparently, the NFL does not comprehend this. Instead of inflicting its toxic social justice propaganda on the public, perhaps it ought to encourage its players to stop killing people and beating up and raping women. Otherwise, their “it takes all of us” campaign looks a lot more like an NFL cover-up than it does like activism.
