Former reporter claims Bills owner Terry Pegula, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made racist comments about hiring, social justice protests
This morning, Pro Football Talk tweeted out the first look NFL fans have gotten at longtime NFL reporter Jim Trotter’s discrimination suit against the NFL.
Trotter’s suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, names the National Football League and NFL Network, Trotter’s former employer, as defendants. The complaint filed on Trotter’s behalf spans a full 53 pages, but PFT tweeted out a few of the allegations contained therein, including allegations of statements that confirm that racial equality is still a big problem in the NFL.
Remember all those “End Racism” block letters in the endzones? Take a look at what Trotter alleges owners Jerry Jones and Terry Pegula have said in his presence. Trotter’s lawsuit alleges, in part:
- As one such example, Terry Pegula, owner of the Buffalo Bills, stated inteference to player protests against racial injustice that, “If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is.” See infra at SIII(D).
Mr. Trotter says he raised complaints and concerns about this remark, but no action was taken.
- As another example, Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, responded to a question posed by Mr. Trotter regarding the dearth of Black professionals in decision making positions for NFL teams by stating, “If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own team and hire who they want to hire.” See infra at SIII©. Mr. Trotter raised complaints and concerns about this remark but no remedial action was taken.
read more: https://deadspin.com/jerry-jones-terry-pegula-nfl-racism-lawsuit-1850829902
I am a firm believer that the only draft pick that would have saved the Dallas Cowboy’s was Jerry Jones by the Vietnam draft
Oops he did a racism!
Racism? In my NFL!?
It’s more likely than you think.
In case my sarcasm wasn’t clear, trust me, I know how bad it is lol
I believe they thought you were referencing the memes spawnd from this image
And finished the bit
I never knew the origin. Thank you
Not nearly as common as NFL players that beat the shit out of their wives.
Sports!
baseball… basketball…
They view the players as nothing more than entertainment and don’t view them as human.
Honestly, this is nothing but rage bait to me. Every person who makes a remark like this should go to jail for a cool 20 yrs. I had an incident last year with a nonprofit I was working with where people were sharing memes of asian chefs (with text bubbles giving them the stereotypical r to l change) serving bats to unknowing western guests… I asked that this practice is stopped and got publicly humiliated for my „unprofessional demeanor“.
I can’t tell you how furious I am about racists.
Maybe HE should go back to Europe. Or not, I don’t want him here.
It’s worse than that! It’s not “go back to Africa”. It’s “go to Africa and see how bad it is there”
That is really really close to “you should be really really glad we abducted your ancestors, kept them like animals and raped them for generations”.
And sacrificed 500,000 soldiers for their freedom
If I stabbed you and then patched it up later, you would still be mad at me for stabbing you.
I’d be mad at the guy that stabbed me, and grateful for the guy that patched me up, since the union and the confederacy were different.
