NIKE DEFINITELY SET AN EXAMPLE: NFL RELEASES STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR PLAYERS PROTESTING RACIAL ISSUES

The professional American football league, NFL releases statement supporting players who have raised awareness about racial issues.
The statement reads:

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"The National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities."

"The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action."

The statement also shed more light on charitable works NFL players have done to support diverse causes.

The statement comes after Nike made Kaepernick the face of its "Just Do It" 30th anniversary ad campaign.

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Kaepernick has remained unsigned since the end of the 2016 season when he first began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality. Last October, he filed a collusion grievance against the NFL, which is ongoing.

The statement is one of the NFL's most supportive of protesting players since Kaepernick began his protest. The players and owners have met many times over the issue of player protests, with owners agreeing to highlight the work done by players in communities and agreeing to donate to charities of players' choices.

In July, the NFL suspended a new rule owners had passed in the spring that said players on the field must stand for the national anthem. If players did not want to stand, they could remain in the locker room.

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Following outrage over the rule and possible punishments, the league and players union agreed to suspend the rule and come up with a different policy. While both sides have said they continue to work on it, a new rule isn't expected by the start of the season.

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