Brett Favre speculated how NFL players will react as more players kneel during the national anthem this season to protest racial injustice and police brutality in the US
The former Green Bay Packers great does not think one man would be wrong or equal if they knelt or not during the national anthem.
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“I know I was in an NFL locker room for 20 years, despite race, background, money you grew up with, we were all brothers, it didn’t matter,” Favre told USA Today on Monday. ‘Guys came along great. Will that be the same (with knee scenario)? I do not know. If one chooses to stand for his cause and another man chooses to kneel for his cause, is one right and the other wrong? I do not believe that. We tend to be fixed on heights.
‘I do not know how it is black. It is not for me to say what is right and what is wrong. I know we should all be treated equally. If you can not do that, you should not be in America. ”
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Favre said he felt the camaraderie with teammates in the locker room when there was a problem, but wondered if problems like kneeling during the national anthem could divide players. When New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he would stand for the national anthem, he got a ton of backlog – even from his own teammates.
“There is no good answer,” the former quarterback told USA Today. ‘Otherwise, the right answer is that we all come together. It seems that the more people try, the more damage is done. ”
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Players are expected to kneel during the national anthem. The NFL will also allow players to wear a backdrop of names as initials of victims of police brutality or systemic racism.
