Way back in 2017, when several Detroit Lions players demonstrated during the National Anthem to protest against police brutality, Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford committed to supporting some of the players’ important social causes as long as the players agreed to halt their protests during the anthem.
“Mrs. Ford has come forward and said that as long a we compromise as a team and unify and make a unified demonstration, she’ll back us financially,” former Lions running back Ameer Abdullah said back in October 2017.
Since then, the Lions went out and created something called the “Lions Pride in the Community” which supported three player-supported causes.