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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says NFL Was 'Wrong' Not to Listen to Its Players about Racism
ESPN. "NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says NFL Was 'Wrong' Not to Listen to Its Players about Racism." June 5, 2020, https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29272780/nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-says-nfl-was-wrong-not-listen-players-racism.
Why this matters here
ESPN's June 2020 reporting records Goodell's statement that the league had been wrong not to listen to protesting players, amid renewed public demonstrations. The chapter cites that institutional response separately from his later comments specifically about Kaepernick.
