In October of last year, about 30 NFL owners, players and league executives met at NFL headquarters in New York to discuss the controversy over protests during the national anthem.
The discussions held that day centered on Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump’s continued criticism of the league on Twitter and “the kneeling” taking place on NFL fields.
At the end of that meeting, which took about three hours, the group released a joint statement:
“Today owners and players had a productive meeting focused on how we can work together to promote positive social change and address inequality in our communities. NFL executives and owners joined NFLPA executives and player leaders to review and discuss plans to utilize our platform to promote equality and effectuate positive change. We agreed that these are common issues and pledged to meet again to continue this work together.”
Now, thanks to an audio recording of the meeting which was obtained by The New York Times, we know how the parties involved in the session arrived at that conclusion.
“Let’s make sure that we keep this confidential,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said to begin the session.
Thankfully, someone made sure it wasn’t.
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