But the San Francisco 49ers’ star cornerback called on the league to do a lot more that just talk in the coming weeks and years to confront a problem that hasn’t gone away despite years of protest by players.
“I think having some people of color represented in the general manager space, the front office space, obviously head coaches, that would go a long way,” Sherman said Wednesday.
Sherman said he believes the outrage among players in the league and people in the country following the death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, is far different than it was in 2016 when former Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the national anthem to highlight the problems of police brutality and racism.
Sherman was not one of the players who chose to protest by kneeling, feeling it gave people an excuse to move the focus to patriotism instead of racism.
“A lot has been made about them throwing money at the issue but I think there’s a lot more at the foundational level that has been done by not only our coaching staff but our players, our front office, our ownership, to really make a difference and make a change in this world,” Sherman said.
