Seattle Seahawks' outspoken cornerback Richard Sherman has had plenty to say about racism in general and within the NFL. He spoke up again recently after being asked whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would handle the Donald Sterling ban in the same way. Sherman said no, citing the ongoing controversy over the Washington ball club's use of the name "Redskins" (via ESPN):
"Sherman... expanded on his comments by saying the league already dropped the ball on racial sensitivity with the way it's handled the debate about the Washington Redskins' name. 'Because we have an NFL team called the Redskins,' Sherman said, 'I don't think the NFL really is as concerned as they show. The NFL is more of a bottom-line league. If it doesn't affect their bottom line, they're not as concerned.'"
Sherman also said he was not surprised by Sterling's disparaging remarks about blacks and pointed to the criticism he endured following his nationally televised rant after Seattle beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game.
"I wasn't really shocked or anything because of what I saw after the incident after the NFC Championship Game," Sherman said. "You've got a lot of racial backlash...'"
This was just the latest of conversations Sherman has participated in recently. Back in March the Super Bowl champ address a possible rule change concerning another offensive racial slur (via Huffington Post):
"The loquacious Seattle Seahawks' cornerback who majored in Communications at Stanford has spoken out against the proposed ban on the N-word reportedly being considered by the NFL.
'It's an atrocious idea,' Sherman told Peter King of The Monday Morning Quarterback. 'It's almost racist, to me. It's weird they're targeting one specific word. Why wouldn't all curse words be banned then?'"
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