La estrella NFL, Drew Brees, en aprietos por criticar movimiento antiracista

Con el asesinato de George Floyd a manos de un policía hace unos días, una serie de movimientos se han registrado en territorio estadounidense, por lo que se ha retomado la acción del exjugador de los 49’s de San Francisco, Colin Kaepernick, quien, en 2016, durante la entonación del himno nacional, se arrodilló, por lo que fue duramente sancionado.

Highlight: @readdanwrite asks @drewbrees what the star NFL quarterback thinks about "players kneeling again when the NFL season starts."@drewbrees: “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.”

Full exchange: pic.twitter.com/MpCkFyOMed
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) June 3, 2020

Al respecto, Brees se dijo en contra de este tipo de actitudes, palabras a la que vinieron una serie de criticas en Twitter, comenzando con la estrella de los Lakers de Los Ángeles, LeBron James, quien se dijo anonadado por lo declarado.

WOW MAN!! ??‍♂️. Is it still surprising at this point. Sure isn’t! You literally still don’t understand why Kap was kneeling on one knee?? Has absolute nothing to do with the disrespect of ?? and our soldiers(men and women) who keep our land free. My father-in-law was one of those https://t.co/pvUWPmh4s8
— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 3, 2020

Junto a LeBron se unieron otra serie de deportistas, incluyendo a varios integrantes de equipos de la NFL, quienes descalificaron a Brees, incluso propios compañeros en el equipo de Nueva Orleans, ciudad con gran influencia afroamericana.

Malcolm Jenkins emotional on his IG on new/old teammate Drew Brees’ comments

“We need help”

“I considered you a friend. I looked up to you. You’re someone I had a great deal of respect for.
But sometimes you should shut the f*** up”

(NSFW)
? @MalcolmJenkins pic.twitter.com/4UxEJKXxM3
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) June 3, 2020

Ante tanta presión, el veterano mariscal de campo tuvo que ´publicar una disculpa en su cuenta de Instagram este jueves, aunque expertos en la NFL apuntan que sus palabras podrían orillarlo a un retiro anticipado.

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I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused. In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country. They lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy. Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character. This is where I stand: I stand with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality and support the creation of real policy change that will make a difference. I condemn the years of oppression that have taken place throughout our black communities and still exists today. I acknowledge that we as Americans, including myself, have not done enough to fight for that equality or to truly understand the struggles and plight of the black community. I recognize that I am part of the solution and can be a leader for the black community in this movement. I will never know what it’s like to be a black man or raise black children in America but I will work every day to put myself in those shoes and fight for what is right. I have ALWAYS been an ally, never an enemy. I am sick about the way my comments were perceived yesterday, but I take full responsibility and accountability. I recognize that I should do less talking and more listening...and when the black community is talking about their pain, we all need to listen. For that, I am very sorry and I ask your forgiveness.

Una publicación compartida de Drew Brees (@drewbrees) el 4 Jun, 2020 a las 5:22 PDT