Seattle Seahawks players sit on the bench during the national anthem before a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 10, 2017.(Reinhold Matay / USA TODAY Sports)
This week, we try to understand the splits in the players coalition that has been negotiating with the NFL over the anti-racist protests taking place during the national anthem. We speak with Tamishia Moats, wife of former NFL player Ryan Moats, whose experiences with police violence became national news in 2009.
And what a week it was, we have three Just Stand Up award winners including an NFL player and a Winter Olympics living legend. As always, we dole out our Just Sit Down nominee who needs to take all the seats and we end on a high note, your Kaepernick Watch.
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Zirin Two Different Paths, Two Different Goals: Understanding the Rift in the NFL’s ‘Player’s Coalition’
Dave ZirinTwitterDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.