ESPN hosts imply NFL assumes fans are racist against black quarterbacks.

ESPN Commentators Accuse NFL of Racism Against Black Quarterbacks

ESPN commentators Bomani Jones and Domonique Foxworth recently teamed up to accuse the NFL of thinking its fans are racists who will never accept too many black quarterbacks. Speaking on ESPN’s The Right Time with Bomani Jones, the duo discussed the 2023 NFL Draft and noted that all the top quarterback prospects picked up by the NFL are black. Foxworth insisted that this has scared the NFL and that they will likely make rule changes to address it.

Is the NFL Becoming Alarmed by Black Quarterbacks?

During the conversation, Jones and Foxworth pointed out that the most popular quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, and the highest-paid quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts, are all black men. They also noted that the first three quarterbacks drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft were black. Jones agreed with Foxworth that the NFL is probably becoming alarmed by all the black quarterbacks.

However, Foxworth clarified that he isn’t saying the NFL’s fans are too racist to accept black quarterbacks. Instead, he believes that the NFL thinks its fans are a different type of racist. They know that the stars of this entertainment property are the quarterbacks, and they believe that the stars that sell consistently are tall white dudes.

What Sort of “Rules Change” Are They Expecting?

Neither Foxworth nor Jones exactly made it clear what sort of “rules change” they were expecting. However, they did note that the NFL knows that its “secret sauce” is white viewers and that the NFL will start pushing white kids in sports to look toward becoming a quarterback.

It seems very unlikely that the NFL’s ratings would crash just because all the top quarterbacks are black. The only real downturns the NFL saw in TV viewership was between 2016 and 2018 when the league went all in for extremist, unpatriotic national anthem protests. That dip in viewers was about patriotism, not race. And once the league left that hateful attack on America behind, the ratings came right back.

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