In 2020, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell released a video saying it was wrong that the league did not listen to its players and encouraging them to speak out. However, when Nick Bosa voiced his opinion, Goodell’s iron fist came down on Bosa and reached into his wallet to take out $11,255. 

The NFL claimed it wanted to “listen to its players” and wanted them to engage in social issues. The league encouraged them to speak out. However, this freedom only existed in a totalitarian-like fashion, in which it can control what messages the NFL’s players are saying. Players can have opinions, but those opinions must be aligned with the league’s financial commitments and follow its cowardly embrace of far-left social justice political activism.