Reid calls Jenkins a “sellout”

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I will be glad when Reid is gone next year !!

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Eric Reid expounds on his Malcolm Jenkins “sellout” remarks

Panthers safety Eric Reid has gotten plenty of attention since calling Eagles counterpart Malcolm Jenkins a “sellout,” and after Sunday’s win over the Ravens, Reid went into greater detail about their disagreement.

In short, Reid thinks Jenkins and other players “co-opted” Colin Kaepernick’s protests of police brutality and racial inequality for their own ends, and their disagreement came to a head last week.

Reid said it was clear to him last fall when Players Coalition members met with owners that the goal was simply to make the noise created by the protests to go away.

“We were brought in under the premise that the NFL wanted to use their resources to help the black community,” Reid said, via Joe Person of The Athletic. “We established within the first five minutes of that meeting that we weren’t there to negotiate an end to the protest. After about an hour and a half of talking, [Texans owner] Bob McNair says I think the elephant in the room is this protesting. [Bills owner] Terry Pegula follows up with, ‘Yeah, I’ve already lost two sponsors from my hockey team. We need to put a Band-Aid on this and we need a black figurehead to do it.’

“[Eagles owner Jeffrey] Lurie says, ‘We can do more for the black community that you can ever imagine with our resources.’ Bob McNair then says, ‘Yeah, just make sure you tell your comrades to stop that protesting business.’”

Reid also said that Jenkins asked him last November if a $5 million donation by the league would be enough to get him to stop kneeling during the national anthem, or what amount might be enough.

Jenkins has taken the high road regarding Reid’s initial comments, and has tried to keep the focus on the work being done by players in communities — work being helped by the significant donation by owners. Other players have rallied around Jenkins — who has taken the lead on plenty of positive steps — but it’s clear that there’s a fundamental difference in approach between him and Reid that’s not going to be bridged any time soon.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/10/29/eric-reid-expounds-on-his-malcolm-jenkins-sellout-remarks/

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48 minutes ago, NAS said:

Eric Reid expounds on his Malcolm Jenkins “sellout” remarks

Panthers safety Eric Reid has gotten plenty of attention since calling Eagles counterpart Malcolm Jenkins a “sellout,” and after Sunday’s win over the Ravens, Reid went into greater detail about their disagreement.

In short, Reid thinks Jenkins and other players “co-opted” Colin Kaepernick’s protests of police brutality and racial inequality for their own ends, and their disagreement came to a head last week.

Reid said it was clear to him last fall when Players Coalition members met with owners that the goal was simply to make the noise created by the protests to go away.

“We were brought in under the premise that the NFL wanted to use their resources to help the black community,” Reid said, via Joe Person of The Athletic. “We established within the first five minutes of that meeting that we weren’t there to negotiate an end to the protest. After about an hour and a half of talking, [Texans owner] Bob McNair says I think the elephant in the room is this protesting. [Bills owner] Terry Pegula follows up with, ‘Yeah, I’ve already lost two sponsors from my hockey team. We need to put a Band-Aid on this and we need a black figurehead to do it.’

“[Eagles owner Jeffrey] Lurie says, ‘We can do more for the black community that you can ever imagine with our resources.’ Bob McNair then says, ‘Yeah, just make sure you tell your comrades to stop that protesting business.’”

Reid also said that Jenkins asked him last November if a $5 million donation by the league would be enough to get him to stop kneeling during the national anthem, or what amount might be enough.

Jenkins has taken the high road regarding Reid’s initial comments, and has tried to keep the focus on the work being done by players in communities — work being helped by the significant donation by owners. Other players have rallied around Jenkins — who has taken the lead on plenty of positive steps — but it’s clear that there’s a fundamental difference in approach between him and Reid that’s not going to be bridged any time soon.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/10/29/eric-reid-expounds-on-his-malcolm-jenkins-sellout-remarks/

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It's interesting and good insight from Reid. Ultimately looks like Jenkins Took the crappy deal over no deal, and Reid wanted to keep going until something better came along. Can't really fault either side, but the Owners come off looking even worse if true. 

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It's interesting and good insight from Reid. Ultimately looks like Jenkins Took the crappy deal over no deal, and Reid wanted to keep going until something better came along. Can't really fault either side, but the Owners come off looking even worse if true. 

I think any movement has the purist ideological actors like Kaep and Reid, and the "pragmatic" ones who are willing to "compromise" and afraid to take a harder stance.  The fact that the NFL owners were essentially paying them off to stop protesting is sad, even if it does result in $100MM  for various causes supporting social justice or the black community.  I understand why Reid is angry.  

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9 minutes ago, NAS said:

I think any movement has the purist ideological actors like Kaep and Reid, and the "pragmatic" ones who are willing to "compromise" and afraid to take a harder stance.  The fact that the NFL owners were essentially paying them off to stop protesting is sad, even if it does result in $100MM  for various causes supporting social justice or the black community.  I understand why Reid is angry.  

Completely agree. He looks at it as the easy way out was taken by Jenkins and the coalition when he was in it to fight the good fight for the long haul. Reid was the idealist, and Jenkins the pragmatist. 

It's unfortunate it went down the way it did, but ultimately, being completely honest, the owners have the money and they hold the sway. They were going to be able to dictate the whole "situation" away at any point, it was just a matter of how much it would cost to do so.