Chris Broussard: “I gotta be honest, I’ve never been more proud of black athletes in my life. I’ve always felt that they should use their power and their platform to work on behalf of the masses of African-American people who aren’t in the privileged position that they are in. I felt like it was a step in the right direction. I feel like black athletes are the most beloved, and most well-connected to corporate America. They’re the wealthiest by and large, and are the most irreplaceable African-Americans in the country. That gives them a leverage that other black people do not have. I want them to use that on behalf of the masses of our people for equality and justice, and I thought they did that. Even though they’re going back to play the owners of all the leagues now know that this is a possibility if something else happens that really ruffles these players’ feathers again, God forbid. They can say they’re not playing again. That gives them leverage. I like that and I want them to use that going forward.” (Full Segment Above)
Listen to Chris Broussard discuss the NBA’s boycott and near-season cancellation that was narrowly avoided and resolved on Thursday morning, as Chris tells Colin Cowherd that he’s ‘never been more proud of black athletes in my life.’
Check out the segment above as Chris says it was important that black athletes who make up the vast majority of sports leagues like the NBA and NFL establish leverage when and if another George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, or Jacob Blake type incident occurs again, saying this sets a precedent that players will no longer be afraid to boycott.
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