The stadium held about 17,000 fans, many of whom expressed their disapproval of the moment of silence designed to acknowledge the ongoing fight for equality and racial justice in the U.S. During the NFL’s opening weekend Sept. 12-13, players from teams including the Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings kneeled during the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/XjtwD6dL1d, We will not be silent.We will not be neutral.We will not be passive. The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. Co-organized by the Sengkang West Community Sports Club and the X-League, the event was graced by Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport. Kaepernick’s kneeling protests during the national anthem began four years ago, igniting a conversation about race, police brutality, and sports in America. Both Reid and Kaepernick are featured in a video by the NFL that features “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the “Black national anthem.”, : The NFL is using a clip of Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid taking a knee in their Lift Every Voice and Sing video playing across stadiums today. In order to use the live chat functionality you need to opt into live chat cookies. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC. I’m embarrassed to say that the very first time Colin took a knee I wondered why during the national anthem because for someone who looks like me this is the greatest country on earth. 217,259 talking about this. Alongside shattering glass ceilings in women’s sport by making its athletes future equity owners, the X League will also be established as the highest echelon of women’s tackle football. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. “Like Kaepernick, Reid is being blackballed for wanting killer cops to stop getting away with murder, amongst other similarly outrageous things,” Chuck Modiano wrote in a Deadspin post published Saturday. (0:49) The song yearns for liberty, yet the NFL owners are denying Colin and Eric the freedom to play. “While the NFL runs propaganda about how they care about Black Life, they are still actively blackballing Eric Reid for fighting for the Black community,” Kaepernick, a free agent and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback wrote. In 2016, Reid, a then-49ers safety, joined Kaepernick in the protests, and he continued to kneel during the national anthem last year. ✊✊✊ pic.twitter.com/tc617CzuKV. The X League will make history prior to even playing a single game, as the league is announcing it will provide its athletes with ownership equity as they build their tenure in the sport. But for the last 400 years that hasn’t been the reality for Black Americans.”. The Extreme Football League (X League) is an American women's tackle football league, with games played during the spring and summer months in arenas and stadiums. There are two types of teams, one being a company team in which only employees of that particular sponsoring company may play, and the other being a clu… LFL Rebrands as The X League “In the age of female empowerment in sports, the Extreme Football League (or ‘X League’) is set to kickoff April 2020. The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more.
“Eric set 2 franchise records last year, and is one of the best defensive players in the league.”. The Sengkang West Inter-Zone Football League (SWIZFL) 2019/2020 season kicked-off on 3rd November 2019 with Sengkang West Knights taking on Riverbower FC at Compassvale Secondary. Then, a few days later, the website was relaunched, announcing yet another rebrand: The Extreme Football League (X League) would be kicking off in 2020. Colin Kaepernick blasted the NFL on Sunday for running “propaganda” after the league launched a season-long brand campaign ahead of opening weekend dedicated to social justice.