“Sunday Night in America” host Trey Gowdy tore into the National Football League on Sunday after a Fox News review found that the multi billion-dollar league has been providing financial backing to groups openly advocating for defunding the police and abolishing prison.
The NFL’s “Inspire Change” initiative has funded a variety of social justice groups, which include the Vera Institute of Justice, the Oregon Justice Resource Center and the Community Justice Exchange. All three of those groups support defunding or abolishing the police, a Fox News Digital review of the program found.
NFL FUNDING ‘DEFUND POLICE’ GROUPS THROUGH ‘INSPIRE CHANGE’ PROGRAM
Gowdy, on his show Sunday, accused the league of hypocritically supporting organizations calling to abolish police and prison time, despite excessively enforcing their own rules on the field.
“The NFL is an entity that will fine you for having your shirttail out, or wearing the wrong socks,” Gowdy told viewers. “They fine players for violating the dress code, the NFL penalizes you if you breathe too hard on a quarterback or hurt the quarterback’s feelings. Touch a referee, and you are gone for a long time,” he said. “You know what happens if you throw a punch in the NFL? You go to their version of prison.”
Gowdy pointed to second-year Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb, who was fined more than $20,000 for wearing an untucked jersey in two separate games. Lamb was also reportedly fined $5,150 for wearing his socks too low.
“It’s the hypocrisy of building a league based on rules and penalties and referees and punishment, then wanting to do away with that on the larger playing field of life,” Gowdy told viewers.
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (88) celebrates after defeating the New England Patriots after overtime of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass.
(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
While the NFL’s general support of social justice causes is widely…
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