The Rush: Majority of Americans now support NFL players right to protest

The NFL committed to donating $250 million dollars over ten years, to combat systemic racism and injustices faced by African Americans. A new Yahoo poll shows the percentage of Americans who believe it is appropriate for NFL players to kneel in protest during the National Anthem has gone up from 28% in 2016 to 52% today. We have footage of Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the Bucs secret practices. LeBron James alongside Trae Young, Kevin Hart and other black athletes and celebrities formed “More than a Vote,” a non-profit, voter rights group that will focus on issues facing the black community. Unlike most people, the Denver Nuggets All-Star big man Nikola Jokic, has lost a considerable amount of weight during the quarantine. Lastly, a day after NASCAR finally banned the Confederate flag, driver Ray Ciccarelli, who has not led a single lap in a NASCAR race this year, announced he does not agree with the direction NASCAR is taking, and will not participate after the 2020 season is over. Hit the road Ray!

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JARED QUAY: What you see here is Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, and a bunch of Tampa Bay Buccaneers holding a secret practice from the Patriots' spycopter. See, the Patriots been cheating. Yeah, they good at this y'all.

I thought it was Tom Brady. But it turns out it's Bill Belichick. Yo, Robert Kraft, y'all going to win the championship again.

Just a week after commissioner Roger Goodell admitted mistakes in handling players' peaceful protests, the NFL committed to donate $250 million over 10 years to combat systemic racism and injustice faced by African-Americans. Look, that's an impressive amount of money.

- Yes, yes, it is.

JARED QUAY: But I hope there are new league policies and rules that come along with it.

- Fingers crossed.

JARED QUAY: Here are some additional encouraging numbers. Just four years ago, a Yahoo poll found out that only 28% of Americans thought it was appropriate for Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players to protest during the national anthem. And now, a new Yahoo poll has seen that number jump to 52% of Americans think it's OK for NFL players to peacefully protest during the anthem.

That's an eye-opening turnaround. But I hope OK actually means support. You know, I'm trying to see the fans go full Drew Brees. Jerry Jones, you next.

Earlier this week, after black voters in Georgia had to wait in line over three hours to vote, LeBron James called the voting system structurally racist.

- Well, that's not right.

JARED QUAY: So the, King alongside Trae Young, Skylar Diggins, Kevin Hart, and other black celebrities and athletes formed More Than A Vote, a nonprofit voter rights group that will focus on issues facing the black community and raising awareness of voter suppression. Man, my man, LeBron is going on and off the court. That's a transformation. And speaking of transformation, have you seen the Joker? I guess the Denver big man has been treating quarantine the exact opposite the rest of had.

- These fries are really, really good.

JARED QUAY: The Joker may have gone from one of the fattest guys in the league to one of the skinniest. Yo, I can't wait to see him on the court.

- Let's see what you can do.

JARED QUAY: And now, from the don't let the door hit you on your way out category, a day after NASCAR finally banned the Confederate flag from all its events, driver Ray Ciccarelli, who has not led a single lap in NASCAR this year, announced via this terribly written Facebook post by his wife, Sarah, that they do not agree with the route NASCAR has taken and will no longer participate when the 2020 season is over. So let me get this straight. You don't agree with NASCAR's position on the flag. You used the word, ain't. And you haven't led a lap this entire season.

Yo, yo, I'll tell you what you can do, you can leave right now. Why wait till the end of the year, man? You just wasting everybody's time. Go ahead, get back on Facebook, post as much as you want, and stop driving, bruh.