{"id":1433457,"date":"2022-04-12T14:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433457"},"modified":"2022-04-12T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:44:40","slug":"three-time-super-bowl-champion-running-for-local-school-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-time-super-bowl-champion-running-for-local-school-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Time Super Bowl Champion Running For Local School Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-time-super-bowl-champion-running-for-local-school-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-107196264.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Eleven-year NFL veteran and three-time Super Bowl champion Matt Light announced that he\u2019s running for a seat on the Foxborough, Massachusetts, school board after seeing what his children have gone through in the public school system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Light, who doesn\u2019t align himself with a party, took major issue with the mandatory mask-wearing for children. While Foxborough schools are no longer requiring children to wear masks, Light is looking forward, for when the next thing pops up.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI would be talking to friends of mine in the Foxborough area, where we still live, where I played for a long time, and I would be telling my friends and other family members that have kids in the school system here that \u2018This isn\u2019t right what is happening,\u2019\u201d Light told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmaxtv.com\/Shows\/Spicer-and-Co\/vid\/1_hcwzr6oa\"><span>Newsmax<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWhat our kids are going through as they go to public schools shouldn\u2019t be happening. How is this possible?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He calls his candidacy an opportunity to \u201cgive back\u201d and share an unheard perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you know it\u2019s something that people tell me like, \u2018hey you don\u2019t have to worry about that anymore. It\u2019s over,&#8217;\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/former-patriot-matt-light-running-for-foxboro-school-committee-time-to-serve\/2691331\/\">said<\/a>, according to NBC Boston. \u201cBut what happens the next time?\u2026 And I\u2019ve never been an anti-masker. I\u2019ve been an anti \u2018tell me what to do and expect me to fall in line.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Light will be looking to unseat either\u00a0<\/span><span>chairman Robert Canfield or Brent Ruter, <\/span><span>who defended mask-wearing for children at school throughout the pandemic, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesunchronicle.com\/news\/coronavirus\/ex-patriot-matt-light-running-for-seat-on-foxboro-school-board\/article_655082e6-6bd4-56fc-9b45-3b0937bdd51d.html\"><span>The Sun Chronicle<\/span><\/a><span>. Light has four children, including three who are currently going through the Foxborough school system, with the annual town election being held on May 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lack of leadership in this country because it\u2019s been too easy to walk away from it,\u201d Light <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmaxtv.com\/Shows\/Spicer-and-Co\/vid\/1_hcwzr6oa\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on Newsmax. \u201cI\u2019ve always told people, if you were the person selling tickets at Gillette Stadium when we were winning championship after championship, that\u2019s the easiest job in the world. But when things get difficult, like we\u2019ve seen over the last two years especially, we need our leaders to stand up and lead. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve lacked here. At least in Foxborough and so many other school systems across the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a guest column for The Foxboro Reporter, Light said that he\u2019s most interested in working at the local level, where he can make the largest impact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt became apparent that all of the greatest changes happen at the local level,\u201d Light <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesunchronicle.com\/news\/coronavirus\/ex-patriot-matt-light-running-for-seat-on-foxboro-school-board\/article_655082e6-6bd4-56fc-9b45-3b0937bdd51d.html\">wrote<\/a>.<\/span><span>\u00a0\u201cThe men and women who shaped our country with the freedoms we now enjoy were business owners, teachers, pastors, laborers and many others who got together to discuss the problems of the day and then put their solutions into action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI actually really love the idea of working at the local level. I\u2019m also a big fan of being part of a team and understanding my role \u2014 or as one guy used to tell me \u2014 how to \u2018Do your job,\u2019\u201d Light <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesunchronicle.com\/news\/coronavirus\/ex-patriot-matt-light-running-for-seat-on-foxboro-school-board\/article_655082e6-6bd4-56fc-9b45-3b0937bdd51d.html\"><span>added<\/span><\/a><span>, referring to longtime Patriots coach Bill Belichick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his interview with Newsmax, Light highlighted the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the mental health of children around the country, telling Newsmax\u00a0that his son has a heart condition, and that his concerns went largely unheard by the school system during the pandemic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI want to say to everybody in Foxboro, and people throughout the country, that we cannot allow what\u2019s happened over the last two years in this pandemic to be brushed under the rug,\u201d Light said. \u201cWe have to hold ourselves accountable. There were too many things that happened during this pandemic that affected kids negatively, that put kids in the mental institutions, that led to suicide rates that skyrocketed. It\u2019s too easy for our leaders \u2014 the people that were supposed to be fighting for our kids \u2014 that sat by and allowed the state to make these decisions. And gladly gave up the power at the local level so that they wouldn\u2019t have to make a decision. That\u2019s not leading.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, we need to make sure that we can learn from those mistakes, because there\u2019s one thing that history has told us \u2014 we will definitely repeat these if we don\u2019t have a real conversation,\u201d Light continued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Light is a member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. He spent his entire 11-year career in New England, winning nine division championships, and going to five Super Bowls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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