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Ticats starting tackle Tony Washington, who grew up in Louisiana and Texas, takes issue with the NFL ’s new policy. He says the treatment of minorities in the U.S. and the new NFL policy, constitute ‘an injustice’.
“Everybody (in the U.S.) is trying to ignore it and wants us to be quiet. You had Olympic athletes who used their platform to voice their opinion back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and for them to try to take it away from the guys now it’s almost like saying ‘We don’t really care. Don’t do it on our time. Do it on your own time,'” Washington said.
“It’s a big issue and the NFL has shown that they could really care less.”
Washington, who never played in the NFL, has played in the CFL for Edmonton, Toronto and Hamilton says that living in Canada for the better part of seven years, he hasn’t seen the discrimination he sees in the U.S.