In order to solve a problem, you have to acknowledge there is a problem. In their apologies, Drew Brees and Vic Fangio have started down this path, but there is still work to be done — for them and many others in the NFL, writes donnovanbennett.
showed it wasn’t true on the afternoon of the next.
Fangio, the head coach of the Denver Broncos, was asked Tuesday about racism and discrimination in the NFL in the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death. Problem is Fangio doesn’t see race as an issue in the league.
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