Football Players Think NFL $89 Million Donation Deal is Bogus, Won’t Stop Anthem Protests

Football Players Think NFL $89 Million Donation Deal is Bogus, Won’t Stop Anthem Protests
Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid kneel in protest during the National Anthem on Sept. 12, 2016. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
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A group of pro football players is not satisfied with the NFL’s planned donations to social justice causes and thinks that the act is meant to quiet them and ease through the anthem protest controversy.

The NFL issued a notice to teams about the plan to donate to social causes that the players feel are important. But the act has caused a rift between players who have different understandings of what that money is being used for, and players who don’t feel that they were involved in the process despite being a part of the newly formed Players Coalition, ESPN reported.
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