A day after Arizona Cardinals president Michael Bidwill publicly supported Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh through a letter to four high-ranking senators and in an article on the team’s website, Bidwill said he supports players speaking up on social issues but wants them to “restrict their statements” on game days.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was a HS classmate of Cardinals’ owner Michael Bidwill at Georgetown Prep, class of '83. Bidwill organized their classmates for a letter of support that will be sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The letter: pic.twitter.com/3m6gmXAN4J
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 10, 2018
Bidwill said he didn’t regret the way he acknowledged his support of Kavanaugh, a high school classmate at Georgetown Prep in Washington, D.C., during an interview Tuesday morning on The Mike Broomhead Show on NewsTalk 550 KFYI. The article on the team site had exclusive comments from Bidwill discussing his relationship with and support for Kavanaugh, as well as the nomination process, and it was promoted through the team’s official Twitter account.
“Not at all,” Bidwill said. “I think it’s important to speak up. People are saying stick to sports? You know what? We ask our players 20 days a year — game days — to restrict their statements. The rest of the days, we want our players to get engaged in the community. Just like I am and other owners are.
“In fact, I’m working with [an NFL] committee called the Social Justice Committee, where we’re working with players across the league to get them more involved in changing policy and making America a better place for everyone.”
The NFL has a serious issue on their hands with perception. No one wants to hear about all this other crap, when all they want to do is watch football. Isn’t this why we watch sports, so we don’t have to think about what’s really going on the world? That being said, players should be allowed to voice their opinion whenever they want, hopefully they stick to sports.
