{"id":717396,"date":"2021-09-04T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T19:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=717396"},"modified":"2021-09-04T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T19:50:57","slug":"nfl-exec-says-leagues-social-justice-work-is-ramping-up-again-in-a-big-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-exec-says-leagues-social-justice-work-is-ramping-up-again-in-a-big-way\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Exec Says League\u2019s \u2018Social Justice Work\u2019 Is \u2018Ramping Up Again In A Big Way\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fnfl-exec-says-leagues-social-justice-work-is-ramping-up-again-in-a-big-way%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=717396&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NFL-Woke.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The National Football League confirmed this week that it would continue to showcase political statements on the field as the 2021 regular season is set to kick off Thursday, September 9, when the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2021\/09\/02\/nfl-brings-back-social-justice-helmet-decals-end-zone-stencils\/5696217001\/\">reports<\/a>, \u201cNFL players can wear social justice messages on their helmets again this season and \u2018It Takes All of Us\u2019 and \u2018End Racism\u2019 will be stenciled in end zones for the second straight year as part of the league\u2019s Inspire Change platform.\u201d According to the outlet, \u201cThe league will also bring back the \u2018Say Their Stories\u2019 initiative and for the first time, each team will highlight its social justice work during a regular-season home game in Weeks 17 and 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key message for us as the season is starting, we are ramping up again in a big way with our social justice work,\u201d Anna Isaacson, NFL senior vice president of social responsibility, told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>Players are permitted to wear helmet decals of six approved messages, including \u201cEnd Racism,\u201d \u201cStop Hate,\u201d \u201cIt Takes All of Us,\u201d \u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d \u201cInspire Change,\u201d and \u201cSay Their Stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The league also reportedly plans to feature the song \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d as \u201ca prominent part of all big league events\u201d this season, including the Super Bowl, NFL Playoffs, and NFL Kickoff game, <a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/nfl-social-justice-2021-stadiums-signage\/\">according<\/a> to Front Office Sports. The song, <a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/find-resources\/history-explained\/lift-every-voice-and-sing\">written<\/a> as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, has been dubbed the \u201cBlack National Anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AP provides more details:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"24\">\n<p><em>The end zone stencils will be placed on field for all clubs in all home games, except when another cause is being recognized. For example, during a club\u2019s Salute to Service game, \u201cEnd Racism\u201d will be replaced with \u201cSalute To Service\u201d in one end zone and \u201cIt Takes All of Us\u201d will remain on the opposite side.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This year\u2019s \u201cSay Their Stories\u201d features will again be voiced by NFL players but will evolve to include social justice heroes who have been personally identified by players for their impact in this area, particularly those from their local communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For the final two weeks of the regular season, all clubs will receive the relevant banners, goal post wraps, stencils, helmet decals and video board graphics. The elements will continue to be featured during playoff games.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NFL says its Inspire Change initiative prioritizes education, economic advancement, police and community relations, and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to Inspire Change and the social justice work that inspires change for the long-term,\u201d said Isaacson.<\/p>\n<p>Since the initiative launched during the 2018 season, more than $160 million in grants have been gifted to what the league describes as \u201csocial justice organizations.\u201d Last year, the NFL <a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/inside-football-ops\/social-justice\/inspire-change\/\">announced<\/a> an extended $250 million commitment over ten years \u201cto help advance social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recent history has shown that NFL viewership has declined when the league becomes a platform to promote social issues. Television executives said national anthem protests inspired by Colin Kaepernick in 2016 were a factor in a ratings dip that began that season, compounded by frequent criticism on social media from then-President Donald Trump. The NFL experienced two seasons of ratings growth, then the audience for regular-season games shrank again in 2020 by about 7%. The presidential election, coronavirus pandemic, and reaction by some fans to the league\u2019s social justice efforts were all believed to have contributed to the decline in viewership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Football League confirmed this week that it would continue to showcase political statements on the field as the 2021 regular season is set to kick off Thursday, September &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}