Do we live in a
post-racial America where banning an racially offensive word is
offensive? According to Seattle Seahawks’ corner Richard Sherman, we do
as he gave his opinions on the NFL’s recent attempt at banning the
N-word from being said on field.
At a March owners’
meeting, it is being speculated that the NFL’s competition committee
will put in place a rule that would penalize teams 15 yards if players
utter the N-word. In a recent interview with themmqb.com, the
Super Bowl winning Sherman disapproves of the banning, partially on the
grounds that other offensive language will not been penalized:
[Banning the n-word] is an atrocious idea. It’s almost racist, to me. Why wouldn’t all curse words be banned then.
The Fritz Pollard
Alliance, an organization that monitors diversity in the NFL, has led
the charge for the rule. The head of the group, John Wooten informed
ESPN.com that he believes the 15 yard penalty should escalate to
ejections for multiple players:
I’ll even accept the fact that they say we’re going to warn them in preseason but during the [regular-season] games, if it comes up, we’re going to take him to the sideline to the coach and tell the coach, ‘Coach this a warning. Next time he’s out of here.’ I want it to be that drastic
The rule will be discussed and voted for approval at this year’s owner’s meeting from March 26th-March 29th in Orlando, Fla.
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